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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182B · Deland, FL · May 10, 2003

Date: May 10, 2003 · 10:38 local
Place: Deland, FL
Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2455G
Reported as: Cessna 182B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 170 total100 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N2455GRegistration cancelled May 15, 2015 · Cessna 182BS/N 51755 · Built 1959 Airframe modelCessna 182B Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pic/owner and sole occupant attempted to turn onto a taxiway during landing rollout, and realized that he might not be able to complete the turn without running off the taxiway into a ditch. He then shut down the engine and brought the aircraft to a stop. After stopping, he attempted to restart the engine and resume taxiing; the battery was too weak to crank the engine though, so he exited the aircraft and attempted to manually start (prop) the engine. The engine started at high-idle speed, and the airplane taxiied 7 to 8 yards into a runway sign before the pic/owner could get back into the airplane and regain control of it. The propeller and nose-gear strut fork sustained minor damage. The runway sign was also reportedly damaged. The pic/owner stated during the investigation that the thought the brakes felt "weak" when he attempted the turn, but follow-up examination of the airplane at a maintenance facility revealed no evidence of any brake malfunction or failure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PIC/OWNER AND SOLE OCCUPANT ATTEMPTED TO TURN ONTO A TAXIWAY DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, AND REALIZED THAT HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE TURN WITHOUT RUNNING OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO A DITCH. HE THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP. AFTER STOPPING, HE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND RESUME TAXIING; THE BATTERY WAS TOO WEAK TO CRANK THE ENGINE THOUGH, SO HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY START (PROP) THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE STARTED AT HIGH-IDLE SPEED, AND THE AIRPLANE TAXIIED 7 TO 8 YARDS INTO A RUNWAY SIGN BEFORE THE PIC/OWNER COULD GET BACK INTO THE AIRPLANE AND REGAIN CONTROL OF IT. THE PROPELLER AND NOSE-GEAR STRUT FORK SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE RUNWAY SIGN WAS ALSO REPORTEDLY DAMAGED. THE PIC/OWNER STATED DURING THE INVESTIGATION THAT THE THOUGHT THE BRAKES FELT "WEAK" WHEN HE ATTEMPTED THE TURN, BUT FOLLOW-UP EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE AT A MAINTENANCE FACILITY REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF ANY BRAKE MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE.

Other reports on N2455G · 1

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

Accident 20070417005069AApproach · St Marys, GA(-23) The pilot stated she turned final and was about 500 feet when the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power. The pilot checked to ensure the magnetos and the fuel selectors were on the both position, and established a glide. The pilot stated she…Apr 17, 2007 · Substantial damage