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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Redding, CA · August 20, 1984

Date
August 20, 1984 · 17:00 local
Place
Redding, CA
Airport
Benton
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7360A
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX84IA448
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,170 total1,170 in this make and model16 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.

Hand propped plane without tiedown. Plane got away, hit parked Piper then hit hangar building.

As the FAA filed it

HAND PROPPED PLANE WITHOUT TIEDOWN. PLANE GOT AWAY, HIT PARKED PIPER THEN HIT HANGAR BUILDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.