# Incident 20030729018709I: Cessna 172M, Three Forks, MT, July 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2003, 08:00 local time
- Place: Three Forks, MT
- Airport: Three Forks Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8781° N, 111.5694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THREE FORKS (9S5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8781&lon=-111.5694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401HX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N401HX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 50 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030729018709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK TOWBAR DURING ENGINE START. TOWBAR WAS NOT REMOVED FROM NOSE WHEEL DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION.

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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