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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C65 · Nogales, AZ · October 18, 1994

Date
October 18, 1994 · 14:00 local
Place
Nogales, AZ
Airport
Nogales Int'L Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N59931
Reported as
Piper J3C65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Hand propped cub. Engine started at full power. Broke tiedown chains. Ran into parked aircraft. Not purpose flight.

As the FAA filed it

HAND PROPPED CUB. ENGINE STARTED AT FULL POWER. BROKE TIEDOWN CHAINS. RAN INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT. NOT PURPOSE FLIGHT.