# Incident 19980805019759I: Cessna 150G, Wilkes Barre, PA, August 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1998, 16:00 local time
- Place: Wilkes Barre, PA
- Airport: Forty Post
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2466° N, 75.8757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilkes-Barre, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2466&lon=-75.8757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3243J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3243J-2019-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,079 total, 107 in this make and model, 154 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980805019759I

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS BEING HAND PROPPED WHEN IT JUMPED THE WHEEL CHOCKS AND STRUCK THE TAIL OF ANOTHER ACFT, WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP. (-5) ON AUGUST 5, 1998, MR. JOHN HEMPHILL, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE 208380330, PROPPED N3243J, A CESSNA 150G, BY HAND WITH A STUDENT PILOT AT THE CONTROLS. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED AT A HIGH RAM AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY BRIEFED AND DID NOT RESPOND QUICKLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N3243J (1)

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

- [Incident 19970615014109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970615014109I), Jun 15, 1997: Cessna 150G (N3243J), Wilkes-Barre, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: solo student pilot landed runway 24 at Wyoming valley airport, forty fort, PA. Aircraft bounced and broke the nose gear off, damaging the propeller…

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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