# NTSB MIA84LA100: Cessna 172 M, N12497, Ormond Beach, FL, March 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1984, 09:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Location: 29.2858° N, 81.0559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ormond Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2858&lon=-81.0559&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31091
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31091/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA100

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - electrical system,alternator - inoperative
  - electrical system,battery - output low
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - building(nonresidential) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS INOP, SO THE ACFT HAD NO ELECTRICAL POWER. HE DECIDED TO HAND PROP THE ENG TO START IT FOR A BANNER TOWING OPERATION. HE SET THE PARKING BRAKE & STARTED PULLING THE PROPELLER THRU BY HAND WHILE THE COCKPIT WAS UNATTENDED. THE ENG STARTED & THE ACFT BEGAN ROLLING. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL BEFORE THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12497](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12497-1997-08-01), registration cancelled 1997-08-01, S/N 17262021 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172 M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172 62021
- Airframe hours: 6040
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Silver Bucket Enterprise Inc.
- Registered owner: Silver Bucket Enterprise Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 5, 1984, 17 hours before
- Airport: runway 11

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 327 total, 130 in this make and model, 241 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB, 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840308007089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840308007089A), Mar 8, 1984: Cessna 172M, Ormond Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Hand propped engine. Unsecured aircraft collided with a hangar as it moved forward when the engine started.

## Other investigations on N12497 (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 MIA87LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA132), Mar 28, 1987: Cessna 172M (N12497), Clarksdale, MS, 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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