- Date
- May 22, 1990, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jeffersonville, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N733CRCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900522017059A
- Case key
- 14672
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Probable cause
The engine started for an undetermined reason, when the prop was moved after the pilot experienced an inoperative starter. (Most probably, there was either an isolated/intermittent problem in the ignition system or the pilot did not move the magneto switch all the way to the off position before moving the propeller.)
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 thought the prop was stuck, when the engine did not start with the battery driven starter. He said he turned the master switch off, turned the key to the off position and pulled the mixture & throttle levers all the way out. He then exited the acft to unstick the prop by a slight movement. However, when he moved the prop, the eng started & the acft moved into a parked aero commander. Subsequent inspn of the magneto switch & magnetos revealed no irregularities.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733CR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268195
- Airframe hours
- 3,754
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Haps Aerial Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 15, 1990 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- JVY · Jeffersonville, IN
- Airport
- JVY · Clark County
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 141 total · 36 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMG, 62 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.