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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182Q · Westminister, MD · March 12, 1994

Date: March 12, 1994 · 12:30 local
Place: Westminister, MD
Airport: Carrol County Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N735JG
Reported as: Cessna 182Q
Reported engine: Continental O470*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total700 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N735JGRegistered now · Cessna 182QS/N 18265456 Airframe modelCessna 182Q Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: Saturday, 03-12-94, a/c owner d. reddman was demonstrating his a/c, a Cessna C-182, N735JG to possible buyer. During starting engine, with the owner outside the a/c straddling the strut, the a/c lurched forward quickly knocking him down and breaking his leg. The a/c, N735JG crashed into C-172, N21363, breaking it from the tie down and lodging the propeller in the left wing. The left strut was broken on N21363 and the right main tire was flat, also the pilot's door could not be opened. Mr. Reddman was taken to the hospital for surgery on his leg.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: SATURDAY, 03-12-94, A/C OWNER D. REDDMAN WAS DEMONSTRATING HIS A/C, A CESSNA C-182, N735JG TO POSSIBLE BUYER. DURING STARTING ENGINE, WITH THE OWNER OUTSIDE THE A/C STRADDLING THE STRUT, THE A/C LURCHED FORWARD QUICKLY KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND BREAKING HIS LEG. THE A/C, N735JG CRASHED INTO C-172, N21363, BREAKING IT FROM THE TIE DOWN AND LODGING THE PROPELLER IN THE LEFT WING. THE LEFT STRUT WAS BROKEN ON N21363 AND THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE WAS FLAT, ALSO THE PILOT'S DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED. MR. REDDMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY ON HIS LEG.