20030110000559I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Sulphur Springs, TX · January 10, 2003

Date: January 10, 2003 · 17:20 local
Place: Sulphur Springs, TX
Airport: Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9123H
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 825 total300 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N9123HRegistered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17265957 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On January 10, 2003 @ 1720 CDT, a Cessna 172M, N9123H, during the process of being prop started by pilot ricky lynn harrison at the Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport, Texas, became uncontrollable by gary cadenhead, who was holding the brakes and struck the caldwell hangar with the left wing and struck the west side door support post with the propeller. Total damage to the aircraft was left broken wing fairing casing, damaged outboard wing rib, bent propeller, broken engine mount, cracked nose gear wheel fairing and cracked propeller cowling. The airplane was subleased from caldwell aviation who leased it from kirby w. pickett under the provisions of title 14 CFR part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for personal flight. Neither pilot nor helper received injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 10, 2003 @ 1720 CDT, A CESSNA 172M, N9123H, DURING THE PROCESS OF BEING PROP STARTED BY PILOT RICKY LYNN HARRISON AT THE SULPHUR SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TEXAS, BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE BY GARY CADENHEAD, WHO WAS HOLDING THE BRAKES AND STRUCK THE CALDWELL HANGAR WITH THE LEFT WING AND STRUCK THE WEST SIDE DOOR SUPPORT POST WITH THE PROPELLER. TOTAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEFT BROKEN WING FAIRING CASING, DAMAGED OUTBOARD WING RIB, BENT PROPELLER, BROKEN ENGINE MOUNT, CRACKED NOSE GEAR WHEEL FAIRING AND CRACKED PROPELLER COWLING. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBLEASED FROM CALDWELL AVIATION WHO LEASED IT FROM KIRBY W. PICKETT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR PERSONAL FLIGHT. NEITHER PILOT NOR HELPER RECEIVED INJURIES.