41.9198° N, 89.0623° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochelle, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 15, 1992 · 12:30 local
Place
Rochelle, IL
Airport
Rochelle Municipal/Koritz Field Arp
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5486M
Reported as
Tcraft BC12D
Reported engine
Continental A65*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
35 total19 in this make and model19 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.
Student pilot and sole occupant lost control of aircraft while attempting to hand prop the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HAND PROP THE AIRCRAFT.