- Date
- June 4, 1983, 18:30 local (Jun 5, 1983, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Carmel Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9854TCessna 172A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830604022939A
- Case key
- 23749
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
According to the pilot there were no tiedowns, chocks or other restraining devices available so he ask a non certificated person to sit in the aircraft and apply the brakes while he rotated the prop by hand to start the engine. The engine started and the passenger inadvertently increased power. The pilot could not stop the aircraft which then collided with three other aircraft which were parked. The aircraft subsequently struck a dirt bank and the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9854T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47654
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douglas J. Buchanan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- FCH · Fresno, CA
- Airport
- 062 · Carmel Valley
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Flight hours
- 550 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.