# Incident 19940126004389I: Cessna 150C, Fitchburg, MA, January 26, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1994, 16:20 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Airport: Fitchburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5538° N, 71.7592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FITCHBURG MUNI (FIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5538&lon=-71.7592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1982Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1982Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150C (registry code 2071808, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150C
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 610 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940126004389I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INDIVIDUAL FOUND BATTERY TOO WEAK TO START AIRCRAFT. LEFT HIS NON-RATED DAUGHTER AT THE CONTROLS WHILE HE HAND PROPPED THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED AND BECAME UNCONTROLLED, MR. CASHES STRUCK BY THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PA-28, N8252W PARKED NEXT TO IT WITH ITS PILOT INSIDE. BOTH AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS AND COWLINGS. NEITHER OCCUPANT INJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A REVIEW OF LOG BOOKS INDICATE A CFI HAD SIGNED OFF HAND PROPPING PROCEDURES FOR MR. CASHES AND HIS DAUGHTER. SAME CFI SIGNED OFF ANOTHER STUDENT PILOT INVOLVED IN A HAND PROPPING ACCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N1982Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20230204002209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230204002209A), Feb 4, 2023: Cessna 150C (N1982Z), Montevideo, MN, Substantial damage. On February 4th, 2023, the PIC went on a flight in the traffic pattern to practice landings at the kmve airport. The PIC stated that he checked the METAR at…

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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