# NTSB ATL84LA128: Cessna 337E, N86520, Tifton, GA, March 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1984, 05:15 local (10:15 UTC)
- Place: Tifton, GA
- Coordinates: 31.469839, -83.649932 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4698&lon=-83.6499&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6429
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA128
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6429/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA128

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft unattended/engine(s) running - intentional, pilot in command
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT REPORTEDLY WAS NOT TIED DOWN. THE PLT WAS HAND PROPPING THE AFT ENGINE WHILE THE FORWARD ENGINE WAS RUNNING. IN AN ATTEMPT TO BOARD THE ACFT THE PILOT WAS RUN OVER BY THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE ACFT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL UNTIL IT COLLIDED WITH TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N86520](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86520-2013-09-11), registration cancelled 2013-09-11, S/N 33701219, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337E
- Registry model: [Cessna 337E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337e) (registry code 2075721) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33701219
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-A 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Noa Santamarina
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: WPB, WEST PALM BEACH, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: TMA, Tifton

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 10° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ABV, 40 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840326017329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840326017329A), Mar 26, 1984: Cessna 337E, Tifton, GA, Substantial damage. Tried to start rear engine by hand with front engine running. The unsecured craft ran into nearby trees.

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.

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