- Date
- October 15, 1993, 10:29 local (14:29 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N20718Cessna 182-P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931015041919A
- Case key
- 37447
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper procedures and his complacency during his attempts to start 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.
Analysis
After a failed attempt to start the engine, the pilot exited the airplane leaving the magnetos on and the brakes off. He hand turned the propeller, the engine started and the propeller struck the pilot's head.
Factual narrative
On October 15, 1993, about 1029 eastern daylight time, N20718, a Cessna 182-P registered to Skyhawk Flying Club Inc. was involved in an accident on the ground at Orlando Executive Airport, Orlando, Florida. The flight was to be a 14 CFR 91 personal flight to Atlanta, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an IFR flight plan was filed. The pilot received fatal injuries and the passenger was not injured. The airplane sustained minor damage. The flight was originating at the time.
The passenger, the wife of the pilot, stated the pilot attempted to start the engine and noted the propeller turned slowly. He told his wife that he was going to hand turn the propeller through a couple of times. He exited the airplane, left the parking brake off, the ignition on, and the throttle open. He turned the propeller through and the engine started and struck his head. The airplane began to taxi and the passenger turned the ignition switch off and used the brakes to stop the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20718
- Reported as
- Cessna 182-P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61152
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Skyhawk Flying Club Inc.
- Registered owner
- Skyhawk Flying
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- PDK · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando Executive Airport
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 1 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.