# Incident 19811222088689I: Cessna 182H, Dixon, IL, December 22, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Dixon, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8433° N, 89.4775° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dixon, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8433&lon=-89.4775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1935V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1935V-2025-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 815 total, 815 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811222088689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAND PROPPED ENGINE TO LUBRICATE. MASTER SWITCH OFF, IGNITION SWITCH ON. ENGINE FIRED. PROP HIT PILOTS LEG.

## Other reports on N1935V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20250108001079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250108001079A), Jan 8, 2025: Cessna 182H (N1935V), Harvard, IL, Substantial damage. The pilot in command had a lesson scheduled but needed to taxi to the other side of the field for fuel beforehand. During the start procedure, the pilot left…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.