19890424009779I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Niagara Falls, NY · April 24, 1989

Date: April 24, 1989 · 15:36 local
Place: Niagara Falls, NY
Airport: Niagara Falls International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N64261
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,550 total1,280 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N64261Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17265134 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 172M 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.

Engine stalled on taxiway. Overprimed on restart. Engine caught on fire. Minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STALLED ON TAXIWAY. OVERPRIMED ON RESTART. ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. MINOR DAMAGE.