# NTSB FTW83LA049: Cessna 150H, N6718S, Addison, TX, November 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 30, 1982, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Addison, TX
- Coordinates: 32.959537, -96.82949 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9595&lon=-96.8295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69687
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69687/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA049

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, standing - starting engine(s)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper assistance - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PILOT HAND PROPPED ENGINE WITH AIRCRAFT COCKPIT UNATTENDED. AIRCRAFT STARTED TAXIING AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER UNATTENDED AIRCRAFT PARKED ON THE RAMP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6718S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6718S), registered now, S/N 15067518, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067518
- Airframe hours: 6147
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 2 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Larwe Frank Allen
- Registered owner: Larwe Frank Allen
- Departed: ADS, ADDISON, TX
- Destination: C, MESQUITE, TX
- Airport: ADS, Addison

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 56 total, 56 in this make and model, 33 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Visibility: 3 statute miles

## 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 19821130066359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821130066359A), Nov 30, 1982: Cessna 150H, Addison, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot hand propped aircraft without assistance. Aircraft started and crashed into parked aircraft.

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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