33.4608° N, 111.7283° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 15, 1989 · 12:40 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N871JP
Reported as
Amtr MX2
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.
Started aircraft with hand starter. Aircraft crossed ramp and hit truck. Pilot dragged and bruised.
As the FAA filed it
STARTED AIRCRAFT WITH HAND STARTER. AIRCRAFT CROSSED RAMP AND HIT TRUCK. PILOT DRAGGED AND BRUISED.