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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Los Lunas, NM · October 11, 1991

Date: October 11, 1991 · 08:15 local
Place: Los Lunas, NM
Airport: Mid Valley Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N79969
Reported as: Cessna 172K
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,000 total4,000 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N79969Registered now · Cessna 172KS/N 17258293 · Built 1969 Airframe modelCessna 172K Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.

Student tried to start engine. Engine backfired. Ignited engine compartment fire put out. Engine was overprimed.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT TRIED TO START ENGINE. ENGINE BACKFIRED. IGNITED ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE PUT OUT. ENGINE WAS OVERPRIMED.