# Accident 20110201000749A: Cessna 182K, Eastsound, WA, February 1, 2011 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 1, 2011, 11:15 local time - Place: Eastsound, WA - Airport: Orcas Island - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 48.7083° N, 122.9106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORCAS ISLAND (ORS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7083&lon=-122.9106&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2518R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2518R-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 2,780 total, 860 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110201000749A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INTENDED TO FLY HIS C-182, BUT FOUND HIS BATTERY TOO WEAK TO START THE ENGINE. HE DECIDED TO START THE ENGINE BY PROPPING IT. ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT, THE ENGINE BRIEFLY STARTED THEN DIED. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND HE TRIED TO KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING BY ADVANCING THE THROTTLE. HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN KEEPING IT RUNNING, THEN NEGLECTED TO RETURN THE THROTTLE TO A LOWER POWER SETTING BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO START IT AGAIN. AS A RESULT, WHEN IT STARTED THE NEXT TIME, IT RAN AT AN ACCELERATED RPM CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO START MOVING FORWARD RAPIDLY. HE TRIED TO ACCESS THE COCKPIT TO RETARD THE THROTTLE AND FELL, STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE FOOTSTEP MOUNTED ON THE LEFT LANDING GEAR. HE RECEIVED SEVERE CUTS OVER AND UNDER HIS RIGHT EYE AND WAS MEDEVACTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. HIS WOUNDS WERE TREATED AND AN OPERATION TO REPAIR TWO DEEP CUTS AND A SKULL FRACTURE WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT DAY. HE REMAINED IN THE HOSPITAL THAT NIGHT AND WAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND TO ASSIST HIM IN PROPPING HIS AIRPLANE SO HE RELIED ON THE PARKING BRAKE TO SECURE THE AIRPLANE, WHICH PROVED TO BE INADEQUATE FOR THE POWER SETTING USED. THE AIRPLANE RAN AWAY FROM HIM, STRICKING A HANGAR & DOING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE HANGAR AND AIRPLANE. THE LEFT WING AND STRUT WERE TORN LOOSE AND THE PROP STRUCK THE HANGAR WHICH CAUSED ONE TIP TO BREAK OFF AND BOTH BLADES TO BE SEVERELY BENT. THE COST OF REPAIRING THE AIRPLANE IS PROBABLY GREATER THAN ITS VALUE. ## 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 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.