# Accident 20050124002689A: Cessna 172, Marshall, TX, January 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2005, 12:49 local time
- Place: Marshall, TX
- Airport: Harrison County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5203° N, 94.3078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5203&lon=-94.3078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8134B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8134B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,620 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050124002689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FBO EMPLOYEE IN TERMINAL SAW PILOT GOING OUT TO PLANE ON RAMP. PILOT REPORTED PROP STARTING PLANE DUE TO DEAD BATTERY. WITNESS HEARD PLANE START UP AND THEN PASS BY HER WINDOW IN TERMINAL AND PILOT TRYING TO GET IN. HE GOT PARTIALLY INTO PLANE AND THEN IT SWERVED TO LEFT AND HIT FENCE POST AND FENCE NEAR TERMINAL. PILOT REPORTED HE BUMPED THROTTLE WHILE GETTING INTO COCKPIT. R WING REAR SPAR BUCKLED AT FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT. NOSE WHEEL AND FORK TORN OFF OF AIRCRAFT. PILOT TOLD FAA INSPECTOR THAT HE HAD A NOTE FROM MECHANIC THAT BATTERY MAY BE WEAK WHEN HE PICKED AIRPLANE UP AT ATA A DAY OR SO PREVIOUSLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW05CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA076), Jan 24, 2005: Cessna 172 (N8134B), Marshall, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper engine starting procedure resulting in a loss of control.

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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