# NTSB LAX94LA347: Cessna 182P, N58645, Mesa, AZ, September 2, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 2, 1994, 08:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.510169, -111.579307 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5102&lon=-111.5793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 26, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 28848
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX94LA347
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/28848/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA347

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to properly secure the aircraft prior to a start attempt by handpropping.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, standing - starting engine(s)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - parking brakes - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft control - not maintained, passenger

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58645), registered now, S/N 18262201, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18262201
- Airframe hours: 2175
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19940902025419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940902025419A), Sep 2, 1994: Cessna 182P, Mesa, AZ, Substantial damage. Handpropped. Engine started. Passenger holding brakes lost control. Aircraft struck a parked automobile.

## Other investigations on N58645 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN79DTE36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTE36), May 11, 1979: Cessna 182 (N58645), Center, CO, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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