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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182E · Montrose, CO · July 15, 1989

Date: July 15, 1989 · 06:30 local
Place: Montrose, CO
Airport: Montrose County
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2977Y
Reported as: Cessna 182E
Reported engine: Continental O470R
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 106 total8 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N2977YRegistered now · Cessna 182ES/N 18253977 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 182E Engine modelContinental O-470 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.

Aircraft was started with towbar attached. Prop struck it, cutting bar in two. Piece hit parked aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS STARTED WITH TOWBAR ATTACHED. PROP STRUCK IT, CUTTING BAR IN TWO. PIECE HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT.