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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Minneapolis, MN · March 17, 1995

Date
March 17, 1995 · 17:05 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Flying Cloud Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6138R
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O360F1A6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
101 total10 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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: pilot was careless in his starting procedure by allowing the throttle position to be increased beyond what is recommended. He should have also been more alert to aircraft control after engine start. On 3/17/95, Mr. Blane c. larson, a private pilot was attempting to start N6138R, a Cessna 172RG, for the purpose of refueling the aircraft. He overprimed the engine with the throttle advanced. Upon starting, the engine surged and the aircraft lurched forward. Left main gear rolled into soft ground and the aircraft spun around hitting the hangar door with wing tip and prop impacted a telephone pole. No injuries and aircraft sustained minor damage. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS CARELESS IN HIS STARTING PROCEDURE BY ALLOWING THE THROTTLE POSITION TO BE INCREASED BEYOND WHAT IS RECOMMENDED. HE SHOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN MORE ALERT TO AIRCRAFT CONTROL AFTER ENGINE START. ON 3/17/95, MR. BLANE C. LARSON, A PRIVATE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO START N6138R, A CESSNA 172RG, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT. HE OVERPRIMED THE ENGINE WITH THE THROTTLE ADVANCED. UPON STARTING, THE ENGINE SURGED AND THE AIRCRAFT LURCHED FORWARD. LEFT MAIN GEAR ROLLED INTO SOFT GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND HITTING THE HANGAR DOOR WITH WING TIP AND PROP IMPACTED A TELEPHONE POLE. NO INJURIES AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.