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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-15 · Slaton, TX · May 5, 1989

Date
May 5, 1989 · 19:00 local
Place
Slaton, TX
Airport
Slaton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4662H
Reported as
Piper PA15
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.

Engine started during hand prop. Aircraft hit a hangar shearing wing. No parking brake. No chocks.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STARTED DURING HAND PROP. AIRCRAFT HIT A HANGAR SHEARING WING. NO PARKING BRAKE. NO CHOCKS.