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FAA incident report · Cessna 182A · Branson, MO · March 28, 2010

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Date
March 28, 2010 · 18:30 local
Place
Branson, MO
Airport
M Graham Clark-Taney Co
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3839D
Reported as
Cessna 182A
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total1,000 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N3839DRegistered now · Cessna 182AS/N 34539Airframe modelCessna 182AEngine modelContinental O-470 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.

The pilotprivacy data omitted stated that he moved his aircraft out of his hangar to start the engine & test his radios (no intent to fly). Immediately after the engine started, the aircraft "lurched forward" and impacted the back of a hangar across from his, resulting in damage to the aircraft nose, the propeller, the engine mounts, and nose gear assembly, as well as structural damage to the hangar. Post-incident inspection by the airport manager and locally-based a & p mechanic revealed no mechanical irregularites.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE MOVED HIS AIRCRAFT OUT OF HIS HANGAR TO START THE ENGINE & TEST HIS RADIOS (NO INTENT TO FLY). IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ENGINE STARTED, THE AIRCRAFT "LURCHED FORWARD" AND IMPACTED THE BACK OF A HANGAR ACROSS FROM HIS, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE, THE PROPELLER, THE ENGINE MOUNTS, AND NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY, AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE HANGAR. POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND LOCALLY-BASED A & P MECHANIC REVEALED NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITES.