- Date
- February 6, 1988, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Petersburg, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N313ACCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880206047499A
- Case key
- 11392
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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 plt hand-propped the engine when he was unable to start it using the starter. The acft had just been refueled and it was standing next to the fuel pumps. The plt pushed the acft away from the pumps before he tried to hand-prop it. After the third hand-prop attempt the engine started. As he tried to board the acft it moved forward and he was knocked down by the landing gear. The acft moved ahead until it struck a Piper arrow that was standing next to the fuel pumps.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N313AC
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177000772
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert L. Vaughan
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Vaughan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1987 · 53 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PTB · Petersburg
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 856 total · 43 in this make and model · 805 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.