- Date
- December 25, 1990, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Medford, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8219ZCessna 205
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901225056369A
- Case key
- 23299
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Probable cause
The pilot's use of improper starting procedures which resulted in the loss of control of the airplane. A factor in the accident was the airplane's encounter with rough terrain during the unmanned taxi.
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
When the pilot attempted to start the airplane he found that it had a dead battery. He then instructed the non-rated passenger on how to manipulate the engine controls and proceeded to hand prop the engine. The engine started at full throttle and the pilot was unable to board the airplane as the passenger was blocking the entry in his attempt to get out. The airplane subsequently rolled across a runway, through the airport boundary fence, through a ditch, and across a road into an open field before the nose gear collapsed and it nosed over. No chocks were used during the start.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8219Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 205-0219
- Engine
- Continental I0-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Deterding, James L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1990 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- OK68
- Destination
- OK68
- Airport
- OK68 · Medford
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 10 in this make and model · 2,450 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 15 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNC, 32 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.