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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 · Terrel, TX · March 14, 1987

Date
March 14, 1987 · 12:00 local
Place
Terrel, TX
Airport
Terrel Municipal
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N41JS
Reported as
Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1
Fatal injuries
0

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 broke tiedown and jumped a chock then struck parked aircraft when pilot hand propped it to charge battery.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT BROKE TIEDOWN AND JUMPED A CHOCK THEN STRUCK PARKED AIRCRAFT WHEN PILOT HAND PROPPED IT TO CHARGE BATTERY.