# Incident 20131203026099I: Cessna 172S, Manville, NJ, December 3, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2013, 09:31 local time
- Place: Manville, NJ
- Airport: Central Jersey Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5244° N, 74.5983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL JERSEY RGNL (47N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5244&lon=-74.5983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N569LP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N569LP-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (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 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 602 total, 541 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131203026099I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT HAD NOT FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT FOR OVER A YEAR. HE WAS PREPARING TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT FOR A NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT FRIEND, NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FLIGHT. HE HAD JUST COMPLETED ADDING FUEL TO THE AIRCRAFT FOR THIS PURPOSE. SINCE THE STARTER RING GEAR WAS STRIPPED, IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR HIM TO MANUALLY START THE AIRCRAFT. HE PLACED THE NON-PILOT FRIEND IN THE LEFT SEAT (LS). HE DISCUSSED LS PROCEDURES AND HAND SIGNALS FOR A MANUAL START WITH HIM. THE PILOT THEN GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND, LOOKING THROUGH THE WIND SCREEN, BELEIVED HE HAD RECEIVED A HAND SIGNAL INDICATING THE PARKING BRAKE AND THROTTLE WERE PROPERLY SET AS PREVIOUSLY BRIEFED. THE WHEELS WERE NOT CHOCKED. HE BEGAN TO MANUALLY START THE ENGINE BY "PROPPING" THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER SEVERAL ROTATIONS OF THE ENGINE, IT STARTED. THE PILOT WAS WALKING TO THE LEFT FRONT SIDE OF THE PLANE WHEN THE ENGINE ACCELLERATED AND THE PLANE BEGAN MOVING FORWARD. THE PLANE CONTINUED FORWARD, THE PILOT DUCKED UNDERNEATH THE WING/STRUT, AND THE PLANE CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD, STRIKING A PRIUS MOTOR VEHICLE PARKED ALONGSIDE A HANGAR BEFORE IT CAME TO A STOP. THE PILOT THINKS MISCOMMUNICATION OF HANDSIGNALS RESULTED IN THE PARKING BRAKE/THROTTLE NOT PROPERLY SET PRIOR TO ENGINE START.

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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