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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172G · Chandler, AZ · August 6, 1985

Date
August 6, 1985 · 19:00 local
Place
Chandler, AZ
Airport
Stellar
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4407L
Reported as
Cessna 172G
Reported engine
Continental O300D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
440 total340 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot was turning propeller thru when engine started. Aircraft struck other parked aircraft. Not tied or chocked.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS TURNING PROPELLER THRU WHEN ENGINE STARTED. AIRCRAFT STRUCK OTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT. NOT TIED OR CHOCKED.