19891005054599I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech 100BEECH · Memphis, TN · October 5, 1989

Date
October 5, 1989 · 06:30 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
Memphis International
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N26KW
Reported as
Beech 100BEECH
People aboard
1
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.

Unauthorized man started engines while aircraft in hangar ran into Cessna and forklift. Police arrested operator.

As the FAA filed it

UNAUTHORIZED MAN STARTED ENGINES WHILE AIRCRAFT IN HANGAR RAN INTO CESSNA AND FORKLIFT. POLICE ARRESTED OPERATOR.