# Incident 19950317014199I: Cessna 172RG, Minneapolis, MN, March 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1995, 17:05 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6138R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950317014199I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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