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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172A · Whitehall, MT · September 21, 2017

Date: September 21, 2017 · 16:30 local
Place: Whitehall, MT
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N7410T
Reported as: Cessna 172A
Reported engine: Continental 0-300 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot

N7410TRegistered now · Cessna 172AS/N 47010 · Built 1959 Airframe modelCessna 172A Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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.

privacy data omittedPilot/mechanic was taxiing the aircraft to warm it up for an annual inspection. There was no intention of flight. Right main gear got stuck in a gopher hole. He exited the aircraft, with the engine running, to push out of the gopher hole. Aircraft throttle crept forward, aircraft accelerated forward faster than the oprivacy data omittedpilot/mechanic could run. Aircraft struck an unoccupied house at the end of the runway. The aircraft has significant damage, house has significant damage. With no intention of flight, the NTSB representative dropped off the conference call.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT/MECHANIC WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT TO WARM IT UP FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. THERE WAS NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT. RIGHT MAIN GEAR GOT STUCK IN A GOPHER HOLE. HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, TO PUSH OUT OF THE GOPHER HOLE. AIRCRAFT THROTTLE CREPT FORWARD, AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED FORWARD FASTER THAN THE O^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT/MECHANIC COULD RUN. AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED HOUSE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, HOUSE HAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. WITH NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT, THE NTSB REPRESENTATIVE DROPPED OFF THE CONFERENCE CALL.