- Date
- December 16, 1988, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Venice, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4419LCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881216055109A
- Case key
- 32371
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot experienced difficulty when he attempted to start the eng with a less than fully-charged battery. The former navy plt exited the acft, leaving his nonplt pax aboard, and the mag switch 'on'. He attempted to slowly pull the prop thru compression stroke by hand. He had just barely rotated the prop when the eng started. The plt jumped clear & watched as his acft moved across the ramp & collided with the tail of a parked and unoccupied C-310. The plt later stated that to preclude a similiar accident from occurring in the future, he would either have a competent person at the controls applying the brakes, or he would secure the tail &/or chock the wheels.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4419L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254506
- Airframe hours
- 2,130
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William E. Mccann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- VNC
- Airport
- VNC · Venice, runway 4, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,354 total · 850 in this make and model · 1,011 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 22 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.