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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna LC41-550FG · Everett, WA · December 3, 2021

Date
December 3, 2021 · 13:00 local
Place
Everett, WA
Airport
Paine Field
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N512RP
Reported as
Cessna LC41-550FG
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550-C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
741 total1 in this make and model6 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.

On Friday, December 3, 2021, mishap aircraft, a Cessna columbia LC41, N512RP, at Paine Field, WA, struck hangar doors 33-11 and 33-13. The privacy data omittedoperator started the aircraft to taxi to the fuel pits at Paine Field. On engine start, the vernier throttle was positioned in a higher power setting than expected and required, and before the privacy data omittedoperator could pull the throttle back, the aircraft lurched forward, pulling to the left, and striking hangars 33-11 and 33-13. The aluminum doors were shredded and a Cessna T182 aircraft sitting inside hangar 33-13 was damaged. Damage to aircraft N512RP, occurred to the propellers, spinner, the composite left and right wing leading edges and wingtips, scrapes to the sides of the engine cowling, and a scrape to the right side windscreen. There were no injuries. There was no intent to fly.

As the FAA filed it

ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021, MISHAP AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA COLUMBIA LC41, N512RP, AT PAINE FIELD, WA, STRUCK HANGAR DOORS 33-11 AND 33-13. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR STARTED THE AIRCRAFT TO TAXI TO THE FUEL PITS AT PAINE FIELD. ON ENGINE START, THE VERNIER THROTTLE WAS POSITIONED IN A HIGHER POWER SETTING THAN EXPECTED AND REQUIRED, AND BEFORE THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR COULD PULL THE THROTTLE BACK, THE AIRCRAFT LURCHED FORWARD, PULLING TO THE LEFT, AND STRIKING HANGARS 33-11 AND 33-13. THE ALUMINUM DOORS WERE SHREDDED AND A CESSNA T182 AIRCRAFT SITTING INSIDE HANGAR 33-13 WAS DAMAGED. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT N512RP, OCCURRED TO THE PROPELLERS, SPINNER, THE COMPOSITE LEFT AND RIGHT WING LEADING EDGES AND WINGTIPS, SCRAPES TO THE SIDES OF THE ENGINE COWLING, AND A SCRAPE TO THE RIGHT SIDE WINDSCREEN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO INTENT TO FLY.