19891120060449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172C · Memphis, TN · November 20, 1989

Date: November 20, 1989 · 09:00 local
Place: Memphis, TN
Airport: General Dewitt Spain Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1393Y
Reported as: Cessna 172C
Reported engine: Continental O300D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total100 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N1393YRegistered now · Cessna 172CS/N 17249093 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 172C Engine modelContinental 0-300 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.

Pilot hand propped aircraft. Engine started and aircraft proceeded without him. Hit aircraft with wing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAND PROPPED AIRCRAFT. ENGINE STARTED AND AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED WITHOUT HIM. HIT AIRCRAFT WITH WING.