- Date
- July 10, 1983, 19:00 local (Jul 11, 1983, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Avalon Catalina, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 5 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3602UCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830710038189A
- Case key
- 23538
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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 propeller struck the arm of a lineman who was assisting the plt to start the acft the plt stated that the propeller was turning slowly and he asked for help. The lineman requested that all switches be turned off and proceed toturn the propeller which immediately fired and continued to run. Upon examination a p-lead on the magneto was found pulled out of the lug at the noise filter. This caused the magneto to be hot at all times.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3602U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255002
- Airframe hours
- 2,287
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald W. Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1982
- Departed
- MYF · Sand Diego, CA
- Destination
- AVK · Avalon, CA
- Airport
- AVX · Avalon
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
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 340 in this make and model · 245 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.