# NTSB LAX98LA263: Cessna 182, N6491A, Page, AZ, August 9, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 9, 1998, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC) - Place: Page, AZ - Location: 36.9261° N, 111.4484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE MUNI (PGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9261&lon=-111.4484&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 22, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 43688 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX98LA263 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/43688/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA263 ## Probable cause Failure of the pilot to verify throttle position and/or obtain qualified assistance while hand propping the aircraft engine. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Miscellaneous/other, standing - starting engine(s) - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause) - throttle/power control - not verified, pilot in command (cause) - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, standing - engine(s) operating - object - vehicle - object - wall/barricade ## Analysis The aircraft would not start following refueling. The fixed-base operator provided an external power source, but the engine still did not start. The pilot stated that he tied the tail down and chocked the nose gear. He then primed the engine and inadvertently pushed the throttle forward. After exiting the aircraft, he hand propped the propeller. The engine started, revved to high rpm, rolled over the chock and pulled the tail tie down loose. By the time the pilot was able to apply brakes, the aircraft had struck a fuel truck and a brick wall. ## Factual narrative On August 9, 1998, at 1045 hours mountain standard time, a Cessna 182, N6491A, struck a fuel truck and a brick wall after the pilot attempted an engine start by hand propping the propeller at the Page, Arizona, airport. The aircraft, owned and operated by the pilot under 14 CFR Part 91, sustained substantial damage when it jumped the chocks after the engine went to full power, traveled across a ramp area, and collided with several objects. The private pilot and a nonrated passenger, who was in the aircraft at the time, were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed for the personal flight that originated from the Mesquite, Nevada, airport at 1000 the morning of the accident with an en route stop at Page, and terminating at the Raton, New Mexico, airport. The pilot stated that after refueling, the aircraft would not start and he asked a fixed-based operator (FBO) for assistance. The FBO provided an external power source, but the aircraft still did not start. The pilot stated that he tied the tail down and chocked the nose gear. He reported that he primed the engine fuel system and "accidentally opened the throttle." He then exited the aircraft and hand propped the propeller. The pilot stated that when the engine started it "revved to high RPM, rolled over the chock and pulled the [tail] tie-down loose." The pilot said that he by the time he was able to apply brakes the aircraft had struck the fuel truck and a brick wall. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6491A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6491A-1999-01-26), registration cancelled 1999-01-26, S/N 33291 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182 - Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 33291 - Airframe hours: 4506 - Engines: Continental O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Hal Carter - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 3, 1998, 12 hours before - Departed: 67L, MESQUITE, NV - Destination: RTN, RATON, NM - Airport: PGA, Page Muni ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,338 total, 700 in this make and model, 1,307 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F ## 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 19980809034899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980809034899A), Aug 9, 1998: Cessna 182, Page, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot could not start aircraft normally. APU assisted start attempt did not work. Pilot elected to tie down tail, chock nose gear, and hand-prop airplane with… From the NTSB's public API. 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