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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150K · Spokane, WA · August 7, 1986

Date: August 7, 1986 · 18:00 local
Place: Spokane, WA
Airport: Felts
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5981G
Reported as: Cessna 150K
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 135 total130 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N5981GRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Cessna 150KS/N 15071481 · Built 1969 Airframe modelCessna 150K Engine modelContinental 0-200 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.

Aircraft started unexpectedly after pilot turned propeller. Taxied unoccupied across airport and struck a tree.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STARTED UNEXPECTEDLY AFTER PILOT TURNED PROPELLER. TAXIED UNOCCUPIED ACROSS AIRPORT AND STRUCK A TREE.