- Date
- July 26, 1992, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Turlock, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2279YCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920726030089A
- Case key
- 27702
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Probable cause
The pilots poor planning in not properly securing the aircraft with tiedowns, chocks or brakes prior to attempting to start the engine by hand propping.
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 loaded his passengers in the aircraft for a local area flight and attempted to start it; however, the battery did not contain a sufficient charge to energize the starter. The pilot decided to hand prop the aircraft, which was not tied down or chocked. When the engine started the pilot was unable to stop it before it collided with an adjacent parked aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2279Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700079
- Airframe hours
- 3,864
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald P. Sateren
- Registered owner
- Donald P. Sateren
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 24, 1992 · 1 hours before
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,390 total · 51 in this make and model · 1,390 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2279Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.