# Incident 19890725041869I: Cessna 172M, Mansfield, MA, July 25, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1989, 06:30 local time
- Place: Mansfield, MA
- Airport: Mansfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0009° N, 71.1980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD MUNI (1B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0009&lon=-71.1980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20417, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20417-2012-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890725041869I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON ENGINE START PILOTS SEAT WENT TO FULL AFT POSITION. PUSH THROTTLE IN FULL. AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH PARKED PLANE.

## Other reports on N20417 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990516005199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990516005199A), May 16, 1999: Cessna 172M (N20417), Double Spring, AL, Substantial damage. Acft was landing on rwy 21 when a gust of wind blew the acft off of the rwy, and it went down an embankment, other circumstances are unknown.(.4) the student…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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