20081228853669A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150F · Palestine, TX · December 28, 2008

Date: December 28, 2008 · 16:07 local
Place: Palestine, TX
Airport: Palestine Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N8212F
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN09LA107
Reported as: Cessna 150F
Reported engine: Continental O200*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 226 total226 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N8212FRegistration cancelled Jan 14, 2009 · Cessna 150FS/N 15064312 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 150F Engine modelContinental 0-200 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.

At 1607 on 28 December 2008, at Palestine Municipal Airport (kpsn), pilot privacy data omitted with his 6 year old granddaughter accidentally started his aircraft by pulling the propeller through by hand. The aircraft struck privacy data omitted and proceeded across the field with his granddaughter in the aircraft, impacting the tree line about eight hundred yards away. The impact destroyed the aircraft and injured the 6 year old girl. Injuries to the pilot were a laceration on the scalp along with bruises. Injuries to the 6 year old girl were a laceration across the forehead.

As the FAA filed it

AT 1607 ON 28 DECEMBER 2008, AT PALESTINE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KPSN), PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH HIS 6 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER ACCIDENTALLY STARTED HIS AIRCRAFT BY PULLING THE PROPELLER THROUGH BY HAND. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PROCEEDED ACROSS THE FIELD WITH HIS GRANDDAUGHTER IN THE AIRCRAFT, IMPACTING THE TREE LINE ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED YARDS AWAY. THE IMPACT DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT AND INJURED THE 6 YEAR OLD GIRL. INJURIES TO THE PILOT WERE A LACERATION ON THE SCALP ALONG WITH BRUISES. INJURIES TO THE 6 YEAR OLD GIRL WERE A LACERATION ACROSS THE FOREHEAD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN09LA107Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPalenstine, TXThe failure of the pilot to ensure security of the cockpit switches before rotating the propeller.Dec 28, 2008 · Substantial damage