- Date
- July 18, 1991, 17:38 local (Jul 19, 1991, 00:38 UTC)
- Place
- Chico, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6387ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910718027929A
- Case key
- 27296
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper starting procedure.
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 pilot stated that he was starting the engine by hand propping. There was a passenger inside the airplane. The engine started and the airplane began to taxi with the pilot still outside. The airplane travelled about 2,000 ft until the nose gear entered soft ground and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6387E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46487
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sunshine Flyers, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- AUN · Auburn, CA
- Airport
- 023 · Ranchaero
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 400 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- CIC, 1 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.