# Accident 20121227028939A: Cessna 172R, Redding, CA, December 27, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2012, 07:30 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NN3S
- Location: 40.5090° N, 122.2934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDDING RGNL (RDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5090&lon=-122.2934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747KT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N747KT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,195 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121227028939A

## Narrative

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

ON 12/27/2012 AT 0730 PST, A CFI AND STUDENT WERE PREPARING FOR FLIGHT IN A NON-MOVEMENT AREA WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT WHEN THE CFI LEANED THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAXI.  THE AIRCRAFT WOULDN'T RESTART.  THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT TO TURN OFF THE MASTER AND MAGS PRIOR TO BOTH EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER ONLY MASTER WAS TURNED OFF.  THE CFI TURNED THE PROPELLER MANUALLY, THE ENGINE STARTED BRIEFLY, AND THE CFI WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD BY THE PROPELLER.  CFI WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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.

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