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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Tucson, AZ · March 26, 1985

Date
March 26, 1985 · 01:00 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Ryan
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6645W
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total14 in this make and model14 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.

Preflighting aircraft in hangar and pulled prop thru after removing key. Engine started, aircraft hit hangar.

As the FAA filed it

PREFLIGHTING AIRCRAFT IN HANGAR AND PULLED PROP THRU AFTER REMOVING KEY. ENGINE STARTED, AIRCRAFT HIT HANGAR.