# Incident 20070204004769I: Cessna 172S, Baltimore, MD, February 4, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2007, 09:30 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore-Washington International
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: C0KS
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421RW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421RW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070204004769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT STARTING A CESSNA CE-172 THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR EXITED THE PLANE AND PULLED THE PROPELLER THROUGH BY HAND ATTEMPTING TO DISENGAGE THE STARTER. DURING THIS THE PROPELLER CAME OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD. THE PILOT SUFFERED A SMALL CUT TO THE TOP RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. AFTER CONFERRING WITH THE NTSB IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE INJURY WAS MINOR. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N421RW (1)

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

- [Accident 20040630018159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040630018159A), Jun 30, 2004: Cessna 172S (N421RW), Stevensville, MD, Minor damage. (-23) Normal pattern an approach to landing. Insufficient flare with bounce on main wheels and followed by a second hard landing bounce. Damaged limted to…

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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