# Incident 19860908050669I: Cessna 182, Center, TX, September 8, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1986, 10:00 local time
- Place: Center, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7931° N, 94.1803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Center, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7931&lon=-94.1803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3197R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3197R-2012-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860908050669I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HAND PROPPED AIRPLANE DUE TO A WEAK BATTERY. AIRCRAFT MOVED 20 FEET AND STRUCK HIS HANGAR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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