- Date
- November 17, 1983, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Yankton, SD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N52419Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831117075549A
- Case key
- 16296
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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Analysis
The plt stated the eng wouldn't start & he suspected a dead spot on the starter. He then asked a mechanic to rotate the prop. All switches were off except the battery switch. When the mechanic moved the prop the eng started & the prop struck the mechanic. Examination of the acft's ignition wiring revealed that the right magneto 'p' lead was incorrectly connected to the ground terminal causing the right magneto to be open, or hot.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52419
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274512
- Airframe hours
- 1,105
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Falcon Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1982 · 45 hours before
- Destination
- SD47 · Eagle Butte, SD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- YKN · Chan Gurney
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,650 total · 600 in this make and model · 2,350 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N52419 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.