# NTSB MKC84LA183: Cessna 150H, N22732, Nebraska City, NE, June 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 24, 1984, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Nebraska City, NE
- Coordinates: 40.669738, -95.860038 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6697&lon=-95.8600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33718
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA183
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33718/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA183

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, standing - starting engine(s)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - ignition system,magneto - failure,partial (cause)
  - aircraft unattended/engine(s) running - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - building(nonresidential)

## Analysis

UNABLE TO START THE ENGINE WITH THE ELECTRICAL STARTER THE PILOT ELECTED TO PULL THE PROPELLER THROUGH BY HAND. WITH THE MAGNETO SWITCH 'OFF' AND A 2X6 INCH BOARD IN FRONT OF ONE MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE THE ENGINE STARTED WHEN THE PROPELLER WAS ROTATED. THE ACFT JUMPED THE BOARD AND TAXIED UNMANNED INTO A BUILDING AND A TRAILER. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPORTED FINDING A LOOSE GROUND WIRE ON THE RIGHT MAGNETO.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N22732 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15068481
- Airframe hours: 2339
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Victor W. Grundman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 22, 1983, 70 hours before
- Departed: 3GN, NEBRASKA CITY, NE
- Airport: 3GN, Grundman

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 8,070 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 8,000 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LNK, 42 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 19840624030369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840624030369A), Jun 24, 1984: Cessna 150H, Nebraska City, NE, Substantial damage. Starter inop. Turned ignition off. Turned prop by hand. Engine started, airplane got away. Mag ground wire loose.

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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