19900321004879A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172G · Gulfshores, AL · March 21, 1990

Date
March 21, 1990 · 16:05 local
Place
Gulfshores, AL
Airport
Jack Edwards Airport
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4373L
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL90LA083
Reported as
Cessna 172G
Reported engine
Continental O300D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
31,670 total2,700 in this make and model

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.

Left engine running,brake on and chocked while working on banner hitch. Airplane got away ran into ditch nosed over

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE RUNNING,BRAKE ON AND CHOCKED WHILE WORKING ON BANNER HITCH. AIRPLANE GOT AWAY RAN INTO DITCH NOSED OVER

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.