# Accident 20150107000222A: Cessna A185E, Oxford, ME, January 7, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2015, 10:00 local time
- Place: Oxford, ME
- Airport: Oxford Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1575° N, 70.4814° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1575&lon=-70.4814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70037, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,174 total, 1,870 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150107000222A

## Narrative

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

AFTER THE PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION THE PILOT INITIATED THE STARTING PROCEDURE.  THE CHECKLIST STARTING PROCEDURE INCLUDES:

1.	ADVANCING THE THROTTLE TO THE WIDE OPEN POSITION

2.	ACTIVATING THE ELECTRIC EMERGENCY FUEL PUMP UNTIL THE PROPER READING IS OBSERVED ON THE FUEL FLOW GAUGE

3.	SHUTTING OFF THE ELECTRIC EMERGENCY FUEL PUMP

4.	RETARDING THE THROTTLE TO THE IDLE POSITION

5.	ENGAGE THE STARTER

THE PILOT STATES THAT THE THROTTLE WAS NOT RETARDED PRIOR TO ENGAGING THE STARTER AND  UPON ENGAGING THE STARTER THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED TO FULL RPM.  THE PLANE SUBSEQUENTLY ACCELERATED AT A RAPID RATE AND THE PROPELLER HIT THE LEFT WING OF N6853W AND THE RIGHT WING OF N70037 HIT THE TAIL OF THE SAME PLANE.  N70037 CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE TOWARD THE RUNWAY AND THE PROPELLER HIT THE RIGHT WING OF N9593W.  AT THIS TIME, THE MAGNETOS ON N70037 WERE SHUT OFF AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS FROM WHERE IT INITIALLY STARTED.

INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE LINKAGE WAS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER, HOWEVER PILOT ADMITTED THAT IN A PANIC HE INADVERTENTLY PULLED THE PROPELLER CONTROL AFT RATHER THAN THE THROTTLE AS THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6853W, Piper PA-28-140: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 ERA15CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA095), Jan 7, 2015: Cessna A185E (N70037), Lewiston, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly set the throttle prior to engine start, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with parked airplanes.

## Other reports on N70037 (2)

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

- [Incident 19850715042919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850715042919I), Jul 15, 1985: Cessna A185E (N70037), Bethel, AK. Unable to extend wheels for landing on hard surface runway. Hydraulic line came loose in belly, fluid leaked out.
- [Accident 19801115075839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801115075839A), Nov 15, 1980: Cessna A185E (N70037), Port Townsend, WA, Substantial damage. Flipped over on water landing. Landing gear was extended on the amphibious floats.

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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