# Accident 20140322003059A: Cessna 172, Mount Olive, NC, March 22, 2014 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 22, 2014, 10:45 local time - Place: Mount Olive, NC - Airport: Mount Olive Municipal - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.2214° N, 78.0386° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2214&lon=-78.0386&mi=10 - Aircraft: N8988B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8988B-2018-03-19) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA176) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140322003059A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. GSO FSDO RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALL ON 3/24/2014 AT 09:40 FROM MIKE BASS AT MOUNT OLIVE AIRPORT CONCERNING AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING CESSNA 172 C, REGISTRATION N8988B. PHONE CALL WAS RECEIVED BY INSPECTOR JERRY TOMS. ALSO TALKED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOTS CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT N8988B WITH APPROXIMATELY 4400 HOURS TOTAL TIME AND ENGINE WITH 202 HOURS SMOH AND NEW CRANK INSTALLED AT THAT TIME. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS 65 HOURS TOTAL TIME AND ALL IN THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT. SATURDAY 3/22/2014 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED HOME AIRPORT OF FUQUAY-ANGIER (78NC) AND LANDED AT MT OLIVE (W40) WITH NO ISSUES. PILOT REPORTED NO DISCREPANCIES WITH AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MET AN ACQUAINTANCE^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PROCEEDED TO GIVE^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A RIDE IN HIS AIRCRAFT IN THE LOCAL AREA. UPON ATTEMPTING TO START THE AIRCRAFT, THE BATTERY APPEARED TO BE TOO WEAK TO START THE AIRCRAFT AS THE PROPELLER MOVED SLOWLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN PROCEEDED TO HAND/PROP START THE AIRCRAFT. BEFORE STARTING THE ENGINE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ONLY PROVIDED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LOCATED IN THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE ACCIDENT, WITH DIRECTIONS CONCERNING THE MAGNETO SWITCH AND TO LEAVE THE THROTTLE AT IDLE. THE AIRCRAFT TAIL MOORING WAS TIED TO THE MOORING POINT LOCATED ON THE RAMP WITH EXISTING ROPE AT THE MT. OLIVE AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN PROCEEDED TO START THE ENGINE OF THE AIRCRAFT BY HAND. THE ENGINE STARTED AND ACCELERATED ENOUGH TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO BREAK THE MOORING ROPE AND ACCELERATE ACROSS THE RAMP AND IN FRONT OF THE LOCAL HANGARS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DESCRIBED HE WATCHED IN HORROR AS THE AIRCRAFT QUICKLY ROLLED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO REPORTED THAT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MANAGED TO STOP THE ENGINE ABOUT 100 YARDS INTO THE ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 175 YARDS TOTAL. THE LEFT WING THEN STRUCK A HANGAR WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ABRUPTLY TURN LEFT AND CONTACT THE NEXT HANGAR?S DOOR WITH THE PROPELLER/ENGINE. THIS MOTION ALSO HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO BEGIN TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT WING TO CONTACT THE GROUND WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO CAUSE WRINKLES THROUGHOUT THE RIGHT WING. INSPECTOR TIM MCQUAIN WAS DISPATCHED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014 TO INVESTIGATE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS VERY OPEN FORTHCOMING WITH DETAILS AND WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO BE, LEFT WING: TIP AND INTERNAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. RIGHT WING: WING TIP AND MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THROUGHOUT. ENGINE MOUNT: SEVERAL TUBES BENT CAUSING ENGINE TO BE PITCHED UPWARD APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 DEGREES. FIREWALL: BENT AND BUCKLED PROPELLER, SPINNER AND BULKHEAD: SMALL BENDS AND MULTIPLE SCRATCHES. NO INJURIES REPORTED. VERBALLY COUNSELED PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ERA14CA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA176), Mar 22, 2014: Cessna 172B (N8988B), Mt Olive, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adequately secure the airplane before hand-propping the engine for startup. 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. 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