19891217051479I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5B · Atlanta, GA · December 17, 1989

Date
December 17, 1989 · 13:50 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Dekalb-Peachtree
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N81177
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
People aboard
3
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.

Pilot stated brakes failed on engine start up. Swung into parked aircraft. Minor damage to both aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED BRAKES FAILED ON ENGINE START UP. SWUNG INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT. MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT.