19880129011979I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170 · Lewiston, ID · January 29, 1988

Date
January 29, 1988 · 16:15 local
Place
Lewiston, ID
Airport
Lewiston-Nez Perce County
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4279V
Reported as
Cessna 170
Reported engine
Continental C1452
People aboard
1
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.

Pilot attempted to hand prop airplane by himself. Engine started. Brakes did not hold. Hit another parked airplane.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO HAND PROP AIRPLANE BY HIMSELF. ENGINE STARTED. BRAKES DID NOT HOLD. HIT ANOTHER PARKED AIRPLANE.