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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210N · Gold Hill, NC · July 25, 2007

Date: July 25, 2007 · 09:48 local
Place: Gold Hill, NC
Airport: Gold Hill
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N46JR
Reported as: Cessna 210N
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total1,100 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N46JRRegistration cancelled Feb 12, 2009 · Cessna 210NS/N 21064227 · Built 1981 Airframe modelCessna 210N Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot reported that the aircraft had a dead battery and he had "hand propped" the aircraft. He stated that he primed the engine but failed to return the throttle to the idle position. When he "hand propped" the aircraft, it started, jumped the chock, and accelerated into a nearby pond. The pilot reported that he attempted to board and take control of the aircraft when it was moving, but slipped and fell. He could only manage to hang onto the left main landing gear for just a short time before having to left go. The aircraft was submerged in the pond.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD A DEAD BATTERY AND HE HAD "HAND PROPPED" THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED THAT HE PRIMED THE ENGINE BUT FAILED TO RETURN THE THROTTLE TO THE IDLE POSITION. WHEN HE "HAND PROPPED" THE AIRCRAFT, IT STARTED, JUMPED THE CHOCK, AND ACCELERATED INTO A NEARBY POND. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO BOARD AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT WAS MOVING, BUT SLIPPED AND FELL. HE COULD ONLY MANAGE TO HANG ONTO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FOR JUST A SHORT TIME BEFORE HAVING TO LEFT GO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBMERGED IN THE POND.