- Date
- March 1, 1986, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N19271Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860301004319A
- Case key
- 22128
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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 acft failed to start so the CFI got out to turn the prop. The mag switch was left on and the eng fired as the CFI moved the prop blade. The CFI was struck by the blade and serously injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19271
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074292
- Airframe hours
- 3,324
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Northwest Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Ergun Bilir
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 26, 1986 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- T17 · Weiser Air Park
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 443 total · 70 in this make and model · 354 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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 N19271 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.