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CHI85LA362

1985-09-01 · MANKATO, Minnesota, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport MKT

N1450R has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPER PA-28R-200, built 1972), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT OF THIS ACFT ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENG TWICE WITH ACFT BATTERY AND A GROUND PWR UNIT WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE THEN TIED THE TAIL DOWN WITH A ROPE AND HAD STARTED THE ENG. AFTER THE ENG STARTED, THE TIE DOWN ROPE BROKE AND THE ACFT TAXIED BY ITSELF INTO ANOTHER ACFT WHICH WAS PARKED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_CHI85LA362.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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