# Accident 20100415032599A: Cessna 150L, Prineville, OR, April 15, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2010, 09:00 local time
- Place: Prineville, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2869° N, 120.9039° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2869&lon=-120.9039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6928G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6928G-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 280 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100415032599A

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N6928G UNTIED AIRCRAFT AFTER PREFLIGHT THEN PRIMED THE AIRCRAFT, SET THE THROTTLE AT 1/4", SET THE BRAKE AND WENT TO HANDPROP THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT STARTED THE PIC GOT INTO THE AIRCRAFT AND THE ENGINE DIED.  THE PIC IS TALL AND BELIEVES HE DISENGAGED THE BRAKES WHEN HE GOT IN THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE ENGINE DIED.  HE DID NOT CHECK THE BRAKES BEFORE HE WENT TO HANDPROP THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE SECOND TIME.  UPON STARTING THE AIRCRAFT THE SECOND TIME THE PIC WENT TO GET IN THE AIRCRAFT AND IT STARTED MOVING.  THE PIC COULD NOT CATCH THE AIRCRAFT AND IT RAN INTO A HANGAR CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  A MECHANIC ON THE SCENE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT CONFIRMED THE DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10CA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA206), Apr 15, 2010: Cessna 150L (N6928G), Princeville, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure that the parking brake was set prior to hand-starting the engine.

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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