# Incident 20120121001539I: Cessna 172RG, Davenport, IA, January 21, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2012, 22:22 local time
- Place: Davenport, IA
- Airport: Davenport Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6103° N, 90.5884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVENPORT MUNI (DVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6103&lon=-90.5884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N473KP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N473KP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120121001539I

## Narrative

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

DURING A PREFLIGHT, THE AIRMAN NOTICED THAT THE BATTERY VOLTAGE WAS LOW, AND HE DECIDED TO HAND PROP THE AIRCRAFT TO LET THE BATTERY CHARGE. THIS OCCURRED LATE AT NIGHT, AS HE WANTED TO LEAVE EARLY THE NEXT MORNING AND WANTED THE BATTERY FULLY CHARGED. THE PARKING BRAKE WAS SET AND THE AIRCRAFT WHEELS WERE CHOCKED; HOWEVER, THERE WAS ICE AND SNOW ON THE RAMP. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS STARTED, IT BEGAN TO ROLL OR SLIDE DOWN THE RAMP. IT EVENTUALLY CAME TO REST IN A GLASS WALL OF THE FBO BUILDING. THE AIRMAN WAS UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE AIRCRAFT, AS IT WAS TAXIING TOWARD THE RAMP, DUE TO THE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON THE RAMP. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE BUILDING, HE WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE AIRCRAFT AND TURN OFF 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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