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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170B · Orofino, ID · October 14, 2004

Date: October 14, 2004 · 17:10 local
Place: Orofino, ID
Airport: Orofino Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Idling Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8019A
Reported as: Cessna 170B
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,412 total3,001 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days

N8019ARegistered now · Cessna 170BS/N 20871 · Built 1952 Airframe modelCessna 170B Engine modelContinental C145 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On October 14, 2004 at approximately 17:10 PDT Mr. Richard walker, acting as pilot in command of his Cessna 170 aircraft N8019A, left the aircraft unattended with the engine running at the Orofino, Idaho airport. The aircraft had been pulled out of the hangar and the left wheel was chocked. After the aircraft was started it was left running without anyone at the controls. The airplane then pivoted around the left chocked tire and proceeded to taxi into N3366V, a Cessna 172 parked near the hanger. Both aircraft received damage as a result of the running unmanned Cessna 170. Unmanned aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON OCTOBER 14, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 17:10 PDT MR. RICHARD WALKER, ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF HIS CESSNA 170 AIRCRAFT N8019A, LEFT THE AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AT THE OROFINO, IDAHO AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE HANGAR AND THE LEFT WHEEL WAS CHOCKED. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS STARTED IT WAS LEFT RUNNING WITHOUT ANYONE AT THE CONTROLS. THE AIRPLANE THEN PIVOTED AROUND THE LEFT CHOCKED TIRE AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI INTO N3366V, A CESSNA 172 PARKED NEAR THE HANGER. BOTH AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE RUNNING UNMANNED CESSNA 170. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.