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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-108 · Fayetteville, WV · February 9, 1990

Date
February 9, 1990 · 16:00 local
Place
Fayetteville, WV
Airport
Fayette Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5783Z
Reported as
Piper PA22108
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12 total8 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Mechanic jump started engine on high power in unmanned aircraft. Moved and struck a truck and then a tree.

As the FAA filed it

MECHANIC JUMP STARTED ENGINE ON HIGH POWER IN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. MOVED AND STRUCK A TRUCK AND THEN A TREE.