- Date
- March 21, 1986, 06:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wonder Lake, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N49421Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860321010949A
- Case key
- 13438
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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 starter would not engage, so the plt tied down the tail & hand propped the acft to start the eng, but did not use chocks. After the eng started, the acft rolled forward, slipped loose from the rear tie-down & ran into a pile of i-beams. A post acdnt exam disclosed a loose connection on the starter solenoid.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49421
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152281252
- Airframe hours
- 1,630
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom T. Tiberi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 10C · Wonder Lake, IL
- Destination
- ENW · Kenosha, WI
- Airport
- 10C · Wonder Lake
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 700 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 14 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORD, 38 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.