- Date
- December 6, 1987, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Great Falls, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8035GCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871206069569A
- Case key
- 17424
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Analysis
The private plt was preparing for departure on an IFR flight plan. After finding that the starter would not operate properly, the plt tried to manually repositon the propeller. The ignition was still on and the engine fired. The propeller struck the plt's right leg.
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
- N8035G
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0035
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter Loeffler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1987
- Destination
- FAR · Fargo, ND
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 854 total · 299 in this make and model · 90 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 19 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GTF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.