- Date
- May 29, 1989, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4896ACessna A152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890529013309A
- Case key
- 32441
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot by not properly securing the aircraft or obtaining proper assistance.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt stated the unoccupied airplane was being hand propped with the throttle 1/4 open, the nose wheel chalked, & the parking brake set (which he further stated was ineffective). After the eng started, the airplane traveled forward and collided with a parked airplane, a vehicle, & a hangar door before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4896A
- Reported as
- Cessna A152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1520907
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- W. W. Collins & J. T. Thacker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Airport
- X07 · Lake Wales Muni
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,015 total · 183 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 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.