# Incident 20111021027249I: Cessna 182P, Chandler, AZ, October 21, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2011, 09:00 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Steller Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6693M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111021027249I

## Narrative

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

ON THE MORNING OF 21 OCTOBER AT STELLAR AIRPARK (P19) THE PIC GROUND HANDLED A CESSNA 182, N6693M TO THE REFUEL PUMPS FOR FUEL. WHILE FUELING THE PLANE, HE GOT AVGAS ON HIS HANDS AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER RETRACTING THE FUEL HOSE WENT TO THE BATHROOM TO CLEAN HIS HANDS. RETURNING TO THE AIRCRAFT HE NOTICED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WAITING TO PULL UP TO THE PUMPS. ARRIVING AT THE AIRCRAFT (APPROACHING FROM THE REAR) THE PASSENGER TOLD HIM SHE HAD PUT THE LADDER BACK; BECAUSE OF THIS HE DIDN'T GO AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE. INSTEAD OF PUSHING IT FOR REPOSITION (TO FINISH LOADING BAGS) HE GOT IN TO TAXI IT OUT OF THE WAY. AS THE ENGINE STARTED HE REPORTED HEARING AN UNUSUAL "BUMPN" SOUND.   HE PULLED THE MIXTURE AND EXITED THE PLANE. FINDING A BENT TOW OR STEERING BAR AND A DENT IN ONE PROP BLADE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE NOSE WHEEL AND WHEEL PANTS REVEALED NO DAMAGE.  THE PIC THEN PUSHED THE AIRPLANE BACK TO ITS PARKING SPOT AND WROTE UP THE PROP AND NOTIFIED THE CLUB MAINTENANCE OFFICER.

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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