# Accident 20060411004589A: Cessna 170B, Havre, MT, April 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2006, 08:30 local time
- Place: Havre, MT
- Airport: Havre City County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5430° N, 109.7623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAVRE CITY-COUNTY (HVR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5430&lon=-109.7623&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2831C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2831C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060411004589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START AIRCRAFT BUT DISCOVERED DEAD BATTERY. PILOT HAND PROPPED FROM FRONT OF AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT STARTED AND MOVED. AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING STRUCK HANGAR AND SPUN AIRCRAFT AROUND INTO HANGAR RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING. THE OUTBOARD 2 FEET OF THE RIGHT WING WAS DAMAGED AND SEVERAL WRINKLES IN THE UPPER AND LOWER WING SKINS IN THE LOCATION OF THE INBOARD FLAP TRACK. THE RIGHT FLAP WAS DRIVEN INTO THE FUSELAGE RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. PILOT COUNSELED ON THE RISKS AND HAZARDS OF HAND PROPPING AIRCRAFT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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