- Date
- September 2, 1994, 08:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N58645Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940902025419A
- Case key
- 28848
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to properly secure the aircraft prior to a start attempt by handpropping.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had instructed the passenger on how to hold the brakes and then exited the aircraft to start the engine by handpropping. After the engine started, the passenger could not control the aircraft and it taxied into a parked automobile before the pilot could get in the door and apply the brakes.
Factual narrative
On September 2, 1994, at 0850 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182P, N58645, collided with a parked automobile on the Mesa, Arizona, airport after the aircraft started and left its parking space while being handpropped. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed for the intended cross-country flight from Mesa to Show Low, Arizona. Both the aircraft and the automobile sustained substantial damage. The pilot and one passenger were not injured.
The pilot had instructed the passenger on how to hold the brakes and then exited the aircraft to start the engine by handpropping. After the engine started, the passenger could not control the aircraft and it taxied into a parked automobile before the pilot could get in the door and apply the brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58645
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262201
- Airframe hours
- 2,175
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles W. Bishop
- Registered owner
- Charles W. Bishop
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1993 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- FFZ
- Destination
- SOW · Show Low, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FFZ · Falcon Field
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 250 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FFZ
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 N58645 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.