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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · London, KY · November 22, 1993

Date: November 22, 1993 · 17:50 local
Place: London, KY
Airport: London-Corbin Airport-Macgee
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N529TD
Reported as: Cessna 172L
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 275 total150 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N529TDRegistered now · Cessna 172LS/N 17260741 · Built 1972 Airframe modelCessna 172L 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.

Pulled prop through by hand before starting hot engine. Engine started, prop struck pilot on leg. Severe injury.

As the FAA filed it

PULLED PROP THROUGH BY HAND BEFORE STARTING HOT ENGINE. ENGINE STARTED, PROP STRUCK PILOT ON LEG. SEVERE INJURY.