# Incident 19960713016999I: Cessna 182F, New Haven, MI, July 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1996, 19:45 local time
- Place: New Haven, MI
- Airport: Macomb Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7292° N, 82.7968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Haven, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7292&lon=-82.7968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3291U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3291U-2020-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 525 total, 210 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/19960713016999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: OPERATOR OF N3291U, MR. RICHARD R. KURTZ WAS INTENDING TO SHOW HIS CE-182 FOR SALE TO ANOTHER PARTY. AFTER INSTALLATION OF A RECHARGED BATTERY THE STARTER DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, MR. KURTZ ROTATED THE PROPELLER WITH INTENTIONS OF FREEING THE STARTER BENDIX BUT HAD INADVERTENTLY LEFT THE MAG SWITCH ON. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ROLLING, MR. KURTZ PUSHED HIMSELF AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT USING THE PROPELLER SPINNER AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED UNTIL IT STRUCK N99WR, BOTH AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. MR. KURTZ WAS INJURED AS THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK HIM BEFORE GETTING AWAY FROM THE PROPELLER AREA. THIS IS CLASSIFIED AN INCIDENT SINCE MR. KURTZ HAD NOT INTENDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT, THIS WAS A MAINTENANCE ACTION.

## Other reports on N3291U (2)

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

- [Accident 20180508004989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180508004989A), May 8, 2018: Cessna 182F (N3291U), Luling, TX, Destroyed. On may 08, 2018 at approximately 1400 hours, the pilot took off with four parachute jumpers from the carter memorial airport (T91) in Luling, TX. At 200 feet…
- [Incident 19991115037419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991115037419I), Nov 15, 1999: Cessna 182F (N3291U), Hutchinson, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was returning to land after a parachutist drop. Pilot stated he had a 90 degree crosswind and was correcting with aileron when a gust caused the…

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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