# Incident 19990531016669I: Cessna 172R, San Bernadino, CA, May 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1999, 00:20 local time
- Place: San Bernadino, CA
- Airport: Norton Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1083° N, 117.2898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Bernardino, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1083&lon=-117.2898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2663B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2663B-2014-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 6 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990531016669I

## Narrative

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

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT REVEALED THAT FOLLOWING AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT STARTING THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A DEAD BATTERY. UNABLE TO START THE ENGINE UTILIZING THE BATTERY, THE PILOT ELECTED TO HAND START THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING THE HAND START, HE POSITIONED THE ENGINE CONTROLS FOR A FLOODED START (THROTTLE 1/2 THROTTLE AND MIXTURE CONTROL TO THE IDLE CUT-OFF POSITION), SET THE PARKING BRAKE, AND BRIEFED ONE OF HIS NON-RATED PASSENGERS TO HOLD THE BRAKES AND ADVANCE THE MIXTURE ONCE THE ENGINE STARTED. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED, HE PUSHED THE MIXTURE CONTROL IN AS HE HAD BEEN BRIEFED HOWEVER, THE BRAKES DID NOT HOLD AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD ROTATING TO THE LEFT ABOUT THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE COCKPIT TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT WHICH STRUCK A HANGER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND 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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