# Incident 20000113000029I: Cessna 207, Kongiganak, AK, January 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Kongiganak, AK
- Airport: Kongiganak Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 59.9616° N, 162.8806° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KONGIGANAK (DUY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9616&lon=-162.8806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1581U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1581U-2001-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 300 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000113000029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED TO START AIRCRAFT AT KONGIGANAK, AK AND AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT TURN OVER.  PILOT IN COMMAND ENLISTED THEHELP OF THE STATION AGENT TO WORK THE MAGNETO SWITCH AND PROCEEDED TO HAND PROP THE AIRCRAFT AFTER SETTING THE PARKING BRAKE.  AIRCRAFT STARTED ON FIRST HAND PROP AND PILOT IN COMMAND MOVED AROUND THE AIRCRAFT TO THE CONTROLS AND IN THE PROCESS EITHER HE OR THE STATION AGENT BUMPED THE PARKING BRAKE OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT MOVED UNDER ITS OWN POWER AND IMPACTED WITH A BOX 20 FEET IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGING THE PROPELLER.  STATION AGENT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES BY FALLING ON WRIST AS AIRCRAFT STARTED TO MOVE.  THIS IS INCIDENT NUMBER IAL320000101.

## Other reports on N1581U (1)

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

- [Accident 20010403029599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010403029599A), Apr 3, 2001: Cessna 207 (N1581U), Newtok, AK, No damage. (-23) Pilot reported leaving nightmute, AK, en-route to Newtok, AK. At approximately 10 miles south of Newtok pilot experienced whiteout conditions and was…

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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