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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Flint, MI · April 30, 1988

Date
April 30, 1988 · 15:06 local
Place
Flint, MI
Airport
Bishop
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N89690
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Continental C8512
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 taxied behind parked B737 and was flipped up by jet blast on engine start. Route cleared by ground control.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TAXIED BEHIND PARKED B737 AND WAS FLIPPED UP BY JET BLAST ON ENGINE START. ROUTE CLEARED BY GROUND CONTROL.