- Date
- June 8, 1988, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7317TCessna 172A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880608019269A
- Case key
- 22649
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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
This acft was damaged when it collided with a ditch and flipped over. The acft's battery was dead and the plt hand propped the eng without the benefit of chocks or an experienced individual in the cockpit. The eng started and as the plt was attempting to board the acft, the passenger advanced the throttle to keep the eng from stalling. As the acft rolled across the ramp, the passenger paniced and further advanced the throttle. FBO personnel had told the plt that they would go get some jumper cables, but he elected not to wait.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7317T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46917
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carlie D. Thrasher
- Registered owner
- Thrasher, Carlie D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 28, 1987 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 6R3
- Destination
- 1R9 · Conroe, TX
- Airport
- 6R3 · Cleveland Muni
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAH, 25 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.