20090915049679A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Titusvile, FL · September 15, 2009

Date
September 15, 2009 · 08:30 local
Place
Titusvile, FL
Airport
Titusville/Bevard Space Coast
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
N/A
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N93300
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

On 09/15/09, at approximately 0830 hours on the Titusville airport north west ramp, privacy data omitted, the owner of aircraft N93300, s/n 15285463 rotate the propeller by hand in an attempt to start the engine. The aircraft was secured to the ramp at 3 points with tie-down ropes. After several attempts, the engine started and the aircraft broke the tie-down ropes and traveled across the field and runway thirty-six; it impacted a walk-way canopy on the east ramp causing both wings to came off and burst into flame. The aircraft fuselage came to rest by the side of a building and burned. Personnel in the building extinguished the fire before the fire department personnel arrived.

As the FAA filed it

ON 09/15/09, AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 HOURS ON THE TITUSVILLE AIRPORT NORTH WEST RAMP, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE OWNER OF AIRCRAFT N93300, S/N 15285463 ROTATE THE PROPELLER BY HAND IN AN ATTEMPT TO START THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED TO THE RAMP AT 3 POINTS WITH TIE-DOWN ROPES. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT BROKE THE TIE-DOWN ROPES AND TRAVELED ACROSS THE FIELD AND RUNWAY THIRTY-SIX; IT IMPACTED A WALK-WAY CANOPY ON THE EAST RAMP CAUSING BOTH WINGS TO CAME OFF AND BURST INTO FLAME. THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE CAME TO REST BY THE SIDE OF A BUILDING AND BURNED. PERSONNEL IN THE BUILDING EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL ARRIVED.

Other reports on N93300 · 1

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