19891016059979I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft BC12-D · Columbia, CA · October 16, 1989

Date: October 16, 1989 · 10:00 local
Place: Columbia, CA
Airport: Columbia Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N43386
Reported as: Tcraft BC12D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 90 total6 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N43386Registration cancelled Oct 28, 2013 · Taylorcraft BC12-DS/N 7045 · Built 1946 Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-D Engine modelContinental A&C75 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.

Unoccupied aircraft moved forward when hand propped. Hit a parked aircraft tiedown chain. Damaged wing.

As the FAA filed it

UNOCCUPIED AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD WHEN HAND PROPPED. HIT A PARKED AIRCRAFT TIEDOWN CHAIN. DAMAGED WING.