# Incident 20070725016539I: Cessna 210N, Gold Hill, NC, July 25, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2007, 09:48 local time
- Place: Gold Hill, NC
- Airport: Gold Hill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5090° N, 80.3112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOLD HILL (NC25), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5090&lon=-80.3112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46JR-2009-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070725016539I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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