# Accident 19900522017059A: Cessna 172N, Jeffersonville, IN, May 22, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1990, 15:30 local time
- Place: Jeffersonville, IN
- Airport: Clark County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2996° N, 85.7200° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2996&lon=-85.7200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733CR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733CR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 36 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900522017059A

## Narrative

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

TURNED PROP BY HAND TO LOOSEN STARTER HOOKUP. ENGINE STARTED. AIRCRAFT HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI90LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA134), May 22, 1990: Cessna 172N (N733CR), Jeffersonville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE ENGINE STARTED FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON, WHEN THE PROP WAS MOVED AFTER THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN INOPERATIVE STARTER. (MOST PROBABLY, THERE WAS EITHER AN ISOLATED/INTERMITTENT PROBLEM IN THE…

## Other reports on N733CR (1)

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

- [Incident 19790804031049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804031049I), Aug 4, 1979: Cessna 172N (N733CR), Moorsville, IN, Minor damage. While attempting to keep aircraft from hitting fence after downwind landing plane went up on nose after sharp turn.

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.

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