- Date
- March 1, 1987, 13:58 local (17:58 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2449JCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870301003649A
- Case key
- 4826
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was unable to start his airplane due to a weak battery and elected to start the unsecured acft's engine by hand-propping. The engine started and the airplane accelerated away from its tie-down area and into a building before the pilot could reenter the cockpit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2449J
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504364
- Airframe hours
- 350
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond A. Powell
- Registered owner
- Raymond A. Powell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1986 · 114 hours before
- Destination
- ENA · Kenai, AK
- Airport
- Z41 · Lake Hood Strip
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,050 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 18 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.