37.7476° N, 97.2211° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at COLONEL JAMES JABARA (AAO), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 22, 1997 · 12:30 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Colonel James Jabara Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N14125
Reported as
Cessna 182P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
131 total65 in this make and model
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: pilot started aircraft on gpu power after previous unsuccessful attempts resulted in a depleted battery. Engine went to full throttle. Pilot was unable to stop the aircraft in time, which quickly reached the end of the gpu cable, jerked to the left, and impacted terminal building.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: PILOT STARTED AIRCRAFT ON GPU POWER AFTER PREVIOUS UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS RESULTED IN A DEPLETED BATTERY. ENGINE WENT TO FULL THROTTLE. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT IN TIME, WHICH QUICKLY REACHED THE END OF THE GPU CABLE, JERKED TO THE LEFT, AND IMPACTED TERMINAL BUILDING.