# Accident 19960929030279A: Cessna 172L, Delavan, WI, September 29, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1996, 12:15 local time
- Place: Delavan, WI
- Airport: Lake Lawn Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6195° N, 88.6304° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6195&lon=-88.6304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7216Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7216Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 28 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA354) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960929030279A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD PROPPED AIRCRAFT, STARTED TO MOVE, RAN OFF RAMP, IN A DITCH AND FENCE, ONTO HIGHWAY WHERE CAME TO REST. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1996, AT 1215 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172, N7216Q, COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND A DITCH WHILE BEING "HAND PROPPED" BY A PRIVATE PILOT PRIOR TO FLIGHT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT LAKE LAWN AIRPORT, DELEVAN, WALWORTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN. THE PILOT, WHO WAS OUTSIDE THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (.4) THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO START THE AIRPLANE SO HE SET THE PARKING BRAKE AND HAND-PROPPED THE ENGINE. THE UNOCCUPIED AIRPLANE STARTED, TRAVELED OFF THE RAMP AND COLLIDE WITH A FENCE AND A DITCH PRIOR TO COMING TO REST ON THE SHOULDER OF A HIGHWAY.  THE PILOT DID NOT USE CHOCKS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA354), Sep 29, 1996: Cessna 172L (N7216Q), Delavan, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to assure the airplane was properly secured prior to hand-propping the engine.

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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