# Incident 20241015015299I: Cessna 150D, Anchorage, AK, October 15, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2024, 17:10 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5953T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5953T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 30 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241015015299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES HE WAS HAND PROPPING THE AIRCRAFT TO INVESTIGATE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE THAT RESULTED IN THE ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER OPENING DURING APPROACH INTO LAKE HOOD.  HE CHOCKED THE WHEELS AND PRIMED THE ENGINE, AND AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS HE DECIDED TO CLEAR THE FUEL AND START OVER.  HE TURNED THE MAGNETOS OFF, PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL, AND OPENED THE THROTTLE AMD CYCLED THE PROPELLER TO CLEAR THE ENGINE OF FUEL. HE RETURNED TO THE COCKPIT TO SETUP FOR A SECOND ATTEMPT AT HAND PROPPING.  HE POSITIONED THE MIXTURE CONTROL FOR START AND TURNED THE MAGENTOS ON, HOWEVER, HE FAILED TO RETURN THE THROTTLE TO THE IDLE POSITION.  ON THE SECOND PULL THROUGH OF THE PROPELLER, THE ENGINE STARTED AT FULL RPM AND THE AIRCRAT JUMPED THE CHOCKS. IT RAN FORWARD INTO THE BACK OF THE LEFT WING OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PIPER PA-18.  IT THEN TURNED APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES AND TAXIED THROUGH AN EMPTY PARKING AREA BEFORE RUNNING INTO THE NOSE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN AERONCA 11.

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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