# Incident 20030110000559I: Cessna 172M, Sulphur Springs, TX, January 10, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2003, 17:20 local time
- Place: Sulphur Springs, TX
- Airport: Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1598° N, 95.6211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SULPHUR SPRINGS MUNI (SLR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1598&lon=-95.6211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9123H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9123H) (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 O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 825 total, 300 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030110000559I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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