# Accident 20250209002999A: Cessna 182N, Auburn, CA, February 9, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2025, 10:50 local time
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9548° N, 121.0817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9548&lon=-121.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92467, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92467) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 713 total, 665 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250209002999A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 9, 2025, PILOT WAS PREPARING FOR A FLIGHT TO LODI CALIFORNIA (1O3).  PILOT COMPLETED THE PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PULLED THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE HANGER AND ONTO THE MOVEMENT AREA BETWEEN THE HANGERS.  AT APPROXIMATELY 10:50 PST, PILOT ADVANCED THE THROTTLE TO FULL TO PRIME THE ENGINE. AFTER PRIMING THE ENGINE, PILOT STARTED THE ENGINE WITH THE INTENT TO TAXI TO THE SELF-SERVICE FUEL DEPOT TO GET FUEL FOR THE FLIGHT.  PILOT NEGLECTED TO RETARD THE THROTTLE PRIOR TO ENGINE START, RESULTING IN THE ENGINE RUNNING AT FULL THROTTLE AFTER IGNITION.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO TAXI FORWARD.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THAT DID NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO RETARD THE THROTTLE TO IDLE BUT INITIALLY HAD TROUBLE PULLING THE THROTTLE BACK.  PILOT WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO PULL THE THROTTLE BACK TO IDLE BUT BY THAT TIME THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT SUCH THAT THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK AND SCRAPED DOWN THE DOOR OF HANGER, FURTHER INCREASING THE PULL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT.  THE PROP THEN STRUCK THE DOOR OF THE HANGER WHICH THEN BECAME LODGED IN THE HANGER DOOR CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN DRAMATICALLY TO THE LEFT AND STOPPING THE MOVEMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AT THIS POINT THE PILOT SHUT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE DOWN AND THE PASSENGER AND PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, PILOT NOTED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND WINGTIP, THE RIGHT WING AND WINGTIP, AND THE PROPELLER AND NOSE CONE.   PILOT ROTATED THE PROP TO THE RIGHT TO DISLODGE THE PROP AND REMOVE THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE HANGER DOOR.

## 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 WPR25LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA091), Feb 9, 2025: Cessna 182N (N92467), Auburn, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper use of throttle and brakes during engine start that resulted in a loss of control and impact with a hangar.

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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