# Incident 19870314025319I: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1, Terrel, TX, March 14, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1987, 12:00 local time
- Place: Terrel, TX
- Airport: Terrel Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N41JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41JS-1993-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Summersett PITTS SPECIAL S-1 (registry code 7220734, https://openairdocs.org/model/summersett-pitts-special-s-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870314025319I

## Narrative

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

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

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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