# Incident 20061219029629I: Cessna 170B, Skull Valley, AZ, December 19, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2006, 10:50 local time
- Place: Skull Valley, AZ
- Airport: Yav'Pe Ma'Ta
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5089° N, 112.6799° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YAV'PE MA'TA (16AZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5089&lon=-112.6799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8172A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8172A) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061219029629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE JUMP-STARTED THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. AFTER THE ENGINE STARTED, THE JUMPER CABLES BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE PROPELLER AND SEVERELY INJURED HIS ARM. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD NOT INTENDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT, THAT IT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CIRCULATING THE OIL IN THE ENGINE DUE TO IT BEING RARELY FLOWN.

## Other reports on N8172A (2)

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

- [Accident 19911111050129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911111050129A), Nov 11, 1991: Cessna 170B (N8172A), Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, Substantial damage. Flew into ground at night turning final landing. Wrong info on airport elevation. Altimeter wrong. Landing light off
- [Incident 19890103007709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890103007709I), Jan 3, 1989: Cessna 170B (N8172A), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Making short approach at request of ATC lost control of aircraft on a crosswind landing and ground looped.

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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