# Accident 20080206010419A: Cessna 172S, Austin, TX, February 6, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2008, 10:45 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Austin-Bergstrom International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1900° N, 97.6686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1900&lon=-97.6686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53564 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,099 total, 172 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080206010419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE HAD STARTED ENGINE OF C-172S N53564 AND WAS LETTING THE ENGINE WARM WHILE HE CHECKED ATIS AND CALLED CLEARANCE DELIVERY. PILOT STATED HE HAD APPLIED THE PARKING BRAKE. AS HE WAS GETTING READY TO TAXI HE DROPPED SOMETHING ON FLOOR OF AIRCRAFT. WHEN HE COULD NOT REACH THE OBJECT HE MOVED HIS SEAT BACK TO REACH DOWN TO THE FLOOR. PILOT STATED HE FELT MOTION, AND WHEN HE LOOKED UP THE PLANE WAS MOVING AND HE WAS OUT OF REACH OF THE BRAKES. BEFORE HE COULD RELEASE THE SEAT BELT OR GRAB THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, THE COLLISION OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 182R N182XL THAT SUSTAINED  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, AND A PIPER 180 N7990N THAT SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE TAIL SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, PRIMARILY TO THE ELEVATOR. THE RUDDER ALSO SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT RESPONSIBILE FOR THE COLLISION HAD DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND TO BOTH LEADING EDGES OF BOTH WINGS JUST FORWARD OF THE WING SPARS. NO ONE WAS HURT OR INJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW08CA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA071), Feb 6, 2008: Cessna 172S (N53564), Austin, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while parked on the ramp with the engine running.

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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