# Incident 19960120000799I: Cessna 177RG, Meade, KS, January 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1996, 08:00 local time
- Place: Meade, KS
- Airport: Meade Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2787° N, 100.3565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADE MUNI (MEJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2787&lon=-100.3565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52945 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960120000799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT FOUND THE BATTERY WAS TOO LOW TO START THE AIRCRAFT. HE INSTRUCTED HIS WIFE TO HOLD THE BRAKES AND TO OPERATE THE THROTTLE WHILE HE HAND PROPPED THE AIRCRAFT. THE ENGINE STARTED, BUT HIS WIFE INCREASED THE THROTTLE INSTEAD OF RETARDING IT. THE ENGINE POWER OVERCAME HER ABILITY TO HOLD THE BRAKES AND ROLLED OFF THE RAMP INTO A DITCH BEFORE SHE COULD RETARD THE THROTTLE. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND NOSE GEAR.

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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