# Incident 19990813012499I: Cessna 140, Mead, WA, August 13, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mead, WA
- Airport: Mead Flying Service Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7872° N, 117.3582° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEAD FLYING SERVICE (70S), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7872&lon=-117.3582&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72915, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72915) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 280 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990813012499I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAND-PROPPED ACFT TO MOVE IT TO DIFFERENT PARKING SPOT, ACFT JUMPED CHOCKS AND TAXIED INTO N170XP THAT WAS TIED DOWN IN PARKING AREA CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH ACFT. (-23) PILOT HAND-PROPPED AIRCRAFT TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER PARKING SPOT. AIRCRAFT JUMPED CHOCKS, AND RAN INTO ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT.

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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