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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 0-58B · Taunton, MA · January 30, 2020

Date
January 30, 2020 · 16:30 local
Place
Taunton, MA
Airport
Taunton Municipal - King Field
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N46674
Reported as
Aeronca 0-58B
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
217 total9 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot hand prop started aircraft. After aircraft started, engine power carried the unoccupied aircraft into a right turn on the ramp striking a hangar door and light pole causing the sudden stoppage of the aircraft engine.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAND PROP STARTED AIRCRAFT. AFTER AIRCRAFT STARTED, ENGINE POWER CARRIED THE UNOCCUPIED AIRCRAFT INTO A RIGHT TURN ON THE RAMP STRIKING A HANGAR DOOR AND LIGHT POLE CAUSING THE SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE.