# Incident 19970607017579I: Cessna 172N, Charlotte, MI, June 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1997, 10:25 local time
- Place: Charlotte, MI
- Airport: Fitch Beach Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5662° N, 84.8318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5662&lon=-84.8318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1545E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1545E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970607017579I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: TIMES PROVIDED BY THE PILOT. PILOT HAND PROPPED HIS AIRPLANE. IT RAN INTO A PARKED AIRPLANE. PILOT HAND PROPPED HIS AIRPLANE. NO ONE WAS AT THE CONTROLS. IT WAS NOT CHOCKED OR TIED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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