- Date
- November 15, 1986, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sandwich, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3289UCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861115055599A
- Case key
- 13699
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.
Propeller/rotor contact to person
Starting procedure - improperCause
Aircraft unattended/engine(s) running - intentionalCause
Judgment - poorFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - building(nonresidential)
Analysis
The pilot was attempting to hand prop the aircraft due to a low battery. The engine started and the plane began moving. The aircraft struck the pilot and then traveled into a hangar door.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3289U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254689
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hardy Grain
- Registered owner
- Hardy Grain
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- C48 · Woodlake Landing
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 276 total · 276 in this make and model · 206 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 12 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.