# Accident 20100531037749A: Cessna 172K, Wellington, KS, May 31, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2010, 13:20 local time
- Place: Wellington, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2695° N, 97.3897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2695&lon=-97.3897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78612 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100531037749A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 31ST, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1320 LOCAL TIME, A PRIVATE PILOT WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HAND-PROP AN AIRCRAFT WITH THE INTENT TO DEPART FROM THE WELLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KEGT), WELLINGTON, KANSAS.  THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT IS A CESSNA CE-172-K, WHICH IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BY THE PRIVATE PILOT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO START THE CE-172; HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT'S BATTERY DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER TO ENGAGE THE STARTER.  THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REMOVED, CHARGED AND REINSTALLED THE BATTERY.  A SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPT TO RE-START THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE AIRMAN THEN SET THE AIRCRAFT'S PARKING BRAKE, ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO VERIFY THE BRAKES WERE INDEED PREVENTING AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT, AND ELECTED TO HAND-PROP THE AIRCRAFT.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER ENGINE START, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN MOVING FORWARD UNDER ITS OWN POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS IN BETWEEN A ROW OF T-HANGARS, THEN CROSSED THE AIRPORT TAXIWAY, EVENTUALLY IMPACTING AN EMBANKMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MAIN RUNWAY; TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED IS APPROXIMATELY 250 YARDS.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS LEFT WING TIP AND FIREWALL RESULTING FROM ITS IMPACT WITH THE EMBANKMENT. THE AIRMAN RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE MOVING AIRCRAFT TO SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE.

## 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 CEN10CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA300), May 31, 2010: Cessna 172K (N78612), Wellington, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly secure the airplane while manually starting the engine with the propeller.

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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