# Incident 20131229025422I: Cessna 175A, Chesterfield, VA, December 29, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2013, 18:00 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, VA
- Airport: Chesterfield County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3771° N, 77.5058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterfield, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3771&lon=-77.5058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6795E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6795E-2015-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 704 total, 500 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131229025422I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY WAS TOO LOW TO TURN OVER THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER TURNING OFF MASTER POWER, TO CYCLE THE PROPELLER. AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED AFTER THE PROPELLER WAS TURNED BY HAND THROUGH THE COMPRESSION STROKE. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED DOWN THE TAXIWAY BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF HANGARS UNDER POWER WITHOUT THE PILOT ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT UNTIL THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK A HANGAR DOOR WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN INTO AND STRIKE THE HANGAR DOOR. THE PLANE WENT THROUGH THE DOOR AND IMPACTED A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, N648BW, PARKED INSIDE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ONCE THE WINGS WERE STOPPED BY THE HANGAR DOOR.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N64BW, Beech A36: no report for this aircraft; [N64BW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64BW) is registered now

## Other reports on N6795E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980821027809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980821027809I), Aug 21, 1998: Cessna 175A (N6795E), San Bernadino, CA. Pilot declared an emergency due to loss of power at approximately 1930 at 10500 feet. STC was approved for auto gas. Aircraft descented to 2700 feet and 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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