19871006082639I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Stnson SR-7C · Greenfield, IN · October 6, 1987

Date
October 6, 1987 · 15:15 local
Place
Greenfield, IN
Airport
Pope Field
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N16106
Reported as
Stnson SR7C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,150 total500 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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 left alone with engine idling. Broke out of its tiedowns and struck a parked car. Hurt trying to stop it.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LEFT ALONE WITH ENGINE IDLING. BROKE OUT OF ITS TIEDOWNS AND STRUCK A PARKED CAR. HURT TRYING TO STOP IT.