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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Marion, IN · September 24, 1987

Date: September 24, 1987 · 21:40 local
Place: Marion, IN
Airport: Marion Municipal
Phase of flight: Idling Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5240E
Reported as: Cessna 172N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 18,800 total500 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N5240ERegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17271791 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.

An embarking passenger walked into the propeller before the pilot could secure the engine.

As the FAA filed it

AN EMBARKING PASSENGER WALKED INTO THE PROPELLER BEFORE THE PILOT COULD SECURE THE ENGINE.

Other reports on N5240E · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19870606019979ALevel Off Touchdown · Marion, INThe pilot flared late, landed hard and bounced down the runway damaging the nose wheel and propeller.Jun 6, 1987 · Substantial damage