19851220065139A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Andalusia, AL · December 20, 1985

Date: December 20, 1985 · 12:15 local
Place: Andalusia, AL
Airport: Opp
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N509R
NTSB investigation: NTSBATL86LA045
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N509RRegistration cancelled Dec 12, 2013 · Cessna 172MS/N 17266894 Airframe modelCessna 172M

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What happened

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Pilot hand propped aircraft with non pilot at controls. Engine started,aircraft struck tree and nosed into a ditch.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAND PROPPED AIRCRAFT WITH NON PILOT AT CONTROLS. ENGINE STARTED,AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREE AND NOSED INTO A DITCH.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB ATL86LA045Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAndalusia, ALThe acft battery power was depleted. The plt hand propped the engine with his wife at the controls. The engine started with the throttle advanced and acft taxied into trees and over an embankment. The wife was not a rated pilot.Dec 20, 1985 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N509R · 2

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

Incident 20120929022869ILanding: Touchdown · Fort Stockton, TXOn September 29, 2012 at approximately 12:40 CDT, N509R a Cessna 172, impacted the runway at Fort Stockton-pecos county airport (kfst) located in Fort Stockton, Texas. Pilot was intending to land on runway 12 when he realized the aircraft was in a nose down…Sep 29, 2012 · Minor damage Accident 20020115000329ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Iraan, TX(-23) On January 15, 2002, at 1450 CST, Cessna 172M, N509R, sustained substantial damage after over-shooting runway 32 while landing at the airport in Iraan, Texas (2F0). The aircraft had just been purchased by the pilot and was being relocated from new…Jan 15, 2002 · Substantial damage