# NTSB CHI87LA033: Cessna 182F, N3289U, Sandwich, IL, November 15, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 15, 1986, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Sandwich, IL
- Coordinates: 41.639564, -88.620574 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6396&lon=-88.6206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13699
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA033
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13699/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA033

## Sequence of events

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

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - starting engine(s)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft unattended/engine(s) running - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3289U), registered now, S/N 18254689, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254689
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861115055599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861115055599A), Nov 15, 1986: Cessna 182F, Sandwich, IL, Minor damage. The pilot was seriously injured while hand propping the engine. Aircraft had not been secured and moved forward.

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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