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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 14-13-2 · Martinsville, VA · April 26, 1992

Date: April 26, 1992 · 12:40 local
Place: Martinsville, VA
Airport: Blue Ridge Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N86934
Reported as: Blanca 14132
Reported engine: Franklin 6A4150B3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total110 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N86934Registered now · Bellanca 14-13-2S/N 1296 · Built 1946 Airframe modelBellanca 14-13-2 Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 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.

Aircraft hand propped without qualified person at control. It moved,then struck pilot and passenger. Hit hangar.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HAND PROPPED WITHOUT QUALIFIED PERSON AT CONTROL. IT MOVED,THEN STRUCK PILOT AND PASSENGER. HIT HANGAR.