# Accident 20090915049679A: Cessna 152, Titusvile, FL, September 15, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2009, 08:30 local time
- Place: Titusvile, FL
- Airport: Titusville/Bevard Space Coast
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: N/A
- Aircraft: N93300, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93300-2012-12-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090915049679A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N93300 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860918061419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860918061419I), Sep 18, 1986: Cessna 152 (N93300), New Haven, CT. Solo student landed after fuel quantity decreased in one tank. Maintenance found no problem with fuel system.

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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