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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C* · Newport, RI · August 26, 1984

Date: August 26, 1984 · 15:50 local
Place: Newport, RI
Airport: Newport State
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N42918
Reported as: Piper J3C*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total1,000 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

N42918Registered now · Piper J3C-65S/N 15254 · Built 1945 Airframe modelPiper J3C-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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 the engine without securing aircraft. Engine started. Aircraft ran into a fuel truck.

As the FAA filed it

HAND PROPPED THE ENGINE WITHOUT SECURING AIRCRAFT. ENGINE STARTED. AIRCRAFT RAN INTO A FUEL TRUCK.