# Incident 20100115026412I: Cessna 172F, Jasper, GA, January 15, 2010 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 15, 2010, 13:15 local time - Place: Jasper, GA - Airport: Pickens County Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Collision: Collision on the ground - Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.4535° N, 84.4572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PICKENS COUNTY (JZP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4535&lon=-84.4572&mi=10 - Aircraft: N5588R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5588R-2012-09-24) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 720 total, 432 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100115026412I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2010 MR. WARD, THE PILOT, WAS UNABLE TO START N5588R, A CESSNA 172F, WITH THE KEY. MR. WARD CHOSE TO HAND PROP THE AIRPLANE. WITH THE THROTTLE AND PARKING BRAKE SET, MASTER AND KEY OFF, HE PULLED THE PROP THROUGH SIX TIMES AND THEN RETURNED TO THE CABIN, PRIMED THE ENGINE, AND SET MASTER ON AND KEY ON BOTH. HE PULLED THE PROP, BUT THE ENGINE FAILED TO START. HE RETURNED TO THE CABIN AND PRIMED AGAIN. ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO HAND PROP THE AIRPLANE, THE ENGINE STARTED. AS MR. WARD WAS WALKING AROUND THE LEFT WINGTIP, HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD BEGUN TO MOVE FORWARD. MR. WARD ATTEMPTED AND FAILED TO REGAIN ACCESS TO THE CABIN IN ORDER TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. N5588R CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD AND TO THE LEFT AND IMPACTED N9982V, AN EMPTY CESSNA 172M PARKED AND SECURED APPROXIMATELY 85 FEET AWAY ON THE AIRPORT RAMP. THE WHEELS WERE NOT CHOCKED NOR THE WINGS OR TAIL TIED DOWN ON N5588R. THE COLLISION CAUSED THE N5588R'S ENGINE TO STOP. AFTER ASSESSING THE AREA WAS SAFE, MR. WARD TURNED THE MASTER, KEY AND FUEL OFF FOR N5588R. DURING THE ON-SITE INSPECTION WITH MR. WARD ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2010, HE WAS ABLE TO PULL THE PARKING BRAKE HANDLE TWO MORE CLICKS AND WE OBSERVED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS OPEN APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER OF AN INCH AND THE THROTTLE FRICTION LOCK WAS TIGHT. ## Other aircraft in the event - N9982V, Cessna C172M: no report for this aircraft in the release ## Other reports on N5588R (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19981001035589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981001035589A), Oct 1, 1998: Cessna 172F (N5588R), Ballground, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) On oct 1, 1998 at approximately 1545 hrs. I was departing home built runway 7 (approx 70 deg), the aircraft lifted off in about 750 feet, I had about 12… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.