# Incident 20020804020959I: Cessna 172M, Santa Monica, CA, August 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2002, 14:26 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89CC-2008-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 210 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/20020804020959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START HIS AIRCRAFT AFTER A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION AT BERLIN AVIONIC THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE STARTER. THE PILOT DECIDED TO SECURE AIRCRAFT AND HAVE BERLIN AVIONICS CHARGE THE BATTERY. PILOT DECIDED TO ROTATE PROPELLER BY HAND TO LUBRICATE THE OIL SYSTEM. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTH RAMP, AND THEN CROSSED THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WHERE IT ALMOST HIT A LANDING KING AIR AIRCRAFT. IT THEN CROSSED THE NORTH RAMP AND FINALLY CRASHED INTO A HANGER HOUSING A BEECH BARON AIRCRAFT. THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, THE BEECH BARON RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE HANGER RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

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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