# Accident 19980809034899A: Cessna 182, Page, AZ, August 9, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1998, 10:45 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Airport: Page Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9261° N, 111.4484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE MUNI (PGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9261&lon=-111.4484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6491A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6491A-1999-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,338 total, 700 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA263) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980809034899A

## Narrative

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

PILOT COULD NOT START AIRCRAFT NORMALLY. APU ASSISTED START ATTEMPT DID NOT WORK. PILOT ELECTED TO TIE DOWN TAIL, CHOCK NOSE GEAR, AND HAND-PROP AIRPLANE WITH HIS WIFE ON BOARD. WHEN ENGINE STARTED, AIRPLANE BROKE AWAY FROM TIEDOWN & CHOCK, SCRATCHED A FUEL TRUCK ON THE RAMP, AND CAME TO REST ON A BLOCK WALL OF AN FBO, LAS FSDO ASSISTED BY VISITING SCENE AND PROVIDED AZ FSDO-SDL WITH PHOTOTS. (.4) THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT START FOLLOWING REFUELING. THE FIXED-BASE OPERATOR PROVIDED AN EXTERNAL POWER SOURCE, BUT THE ENGINE STILL DID NOT START.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TIED THE TAIL DOWN AND CHOCKED THE NOSE GEAR.  HE THEN PRIMED THE ENGINE AND INADVERTENTLY PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD.  AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, HE HAND PROPPED THE PROPELLER.  THE ENGINE STARTED, REVVED TO HIGH RPM, ROLLED OVER THE CHOCK AND PULLED THE TAIL TIE DOWN LOOSE.  BY THE TIME THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO APPLY BRAKES, THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK A FUEL TRUCK AND A BRICK WALL.

## 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 LAX98LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA263), Aug 9, 1998: Cessna 182 (N6491A), Page, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot to verify throttle position and/or obtain qualified assistance while hand propping the aircraft 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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