# Incident 20060624010709I: Cessna 172M, Galveston, TX, June 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2006, 17:00 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8971V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8971V) (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: 762 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060624010709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT AND TRIED TO START THE AIRCRAFT BUT IT WOULD NOT START. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HE DECIDED TO HAND PROP THE AIRCRAFT. HE HAND PROPPED THE AIRCRAFT WHICH STARTED AND ACCELERATED WHILE THE PILOT WAS TRYING TO GET ONBOARD. HE NEVER GOT ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED QUICKLY AND IMPACTED THE FUEL TRUCK, RESULTING IN A BENT PROPELLER AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LANDING LIGHT AND LOWER RIGHT ENGINE COWLING.

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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