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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35BEECH · Fresno, CA · October 18, 1992

Date: October 18, 1992 · 12:00 local
Place: Fresno, CA
Airport: Fresno-Chandler Downtown Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3304V
Reported as: Beech 35BEECH
Reported engine: Continental E185*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 800 total450 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N3304VRegistered now · Beech 35S/N D-763 · Built 1947 Airframe modelBeech 35 Engine modelContinental E185 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.

Pilot hand propped engine. Had too much throttle. Engine started. Broke loose from tiedown. Hit a wall.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAND PROPPED ENGINE. HAD TOO MUCH THROTTLE. ENGINE STARTED. BROKE LOOSE FROM TIEDOWN. HIT A WALL.