20140123001169I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Miller, MO · January 23, 2014

Date
January 23, 2014 · 10:30 local
Place
Miller, MO
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N518V
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,200 total300 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot started his aircraft with no intent to fly. He left the engine running and got out of the aircraft without setting the parking brake. The aircraft started moving on its own and spun in circles near an occupied trailer house. The aircraft struck the trailer causing substantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STARTED HIS AIRCRAFT WITH NO INTENT TO FLY. HE LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING AND GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT SETTING THE PARKING BRAKE. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED MOVING ON ITS OWN AND SPUN IN CIRCLES NEAR AN OCCUPIED TRAILER HOUSE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TRAILER CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.