- Date
- May 30, 1989, 07:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N17018Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890530013399A
- Case key
- 32442
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to have someone operate the airplane's brakes and engine controls during hand propping the engine.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Starting procedure - not followedCause
Brakes(normal) - not usedCause
Object - aircraft parked/standing
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
The pilot attempted to hand prop the engine without a person manning the airplane controls. The engine started and the airplane taxied unmanned into a parked airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17018
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073584
- Airframe hours
- 4,600
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gossamer Wings, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gossamer Wings, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 1989 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- CRG · Craig Municipal
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.