# Incident 19970205008729I: Cessna 150L, Magnolia, TX, February 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1997, 12:00 local time
- Place: Magnolia, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2113° N, 95.7366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Magnolia, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2113&lon=-95.7366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65985, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65985) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970205008729I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED HE HAD LANDED N65985 AND PARKED IT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE REAL ESTATE COMPANY AT HIGH MEADOW RANCH. HE WAS AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AND WHEN HE RETURNED, THE ARICRAFT WOULD NOT START. THE BATTERY APPEARED TO BE DEAD. HE GOT OUT OF THE AIRPLANE AND CHECKED UNDER THE ENGINE COWLING FOR LOOSE WIRES OR ANY OTHER VISIBLE SIGNS OF TROUBLE. HE FOUND NONE, THEN HE DECIDED TO REPOSITION THE PROPELLER AND THE ENGINE STARTED. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MOVE UNDER IT'S OWN POWER AND HE COULD NOT CATCH UP WITH IT TO STOP IT AND IT HIT A WOOD FENCE WHICH FOLDED THE NOSE GEAR AND STOPPED THE AIRPLANE. HE THOUGHT ALL THIS WAS VERY STRANGE SINCE HE HAD THE AIRPLANE IGNITION KEY IN HIS POCKET AT THE TIME. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS STATEMENT, THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT IMPACTED THE WOOD FENCE. THE PILOT HAD STARTED THE ENGINE BY PULLING ON THE PROPELLER AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH THE AIRPLANE ONCE THE ENGINE STARTED. THEREFORE, THIS IS BEING REPORTED AS AN INCIDENT.

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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