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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Tulare, CA · April 20, 1984

Date
April 20, 1984 · 11:45 local
Place
Tulare, CA
Airport
Mefford
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78669
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total350 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft ran into a chainlink fence. When pilot started the engine by hand claimed tail chained and brake was on.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT RAN INTO A CHAINLINK FENCE. WHEN PILOT STARTED THE ENGINE BY HAND CLAIMED TAIL CHAINED AND BRAKE WAS ON.

Other reports on N78669 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.