# NTSB MKC88LA050: Cessna 182RG, N756FF, Texarkana, AR, February 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 9, 1988, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Texarkana, AR
- Location: 33.4537° N, 93.9910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TEXARKANA RGNL-WEBB FLD (TXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4537&lon=-93.9910&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34538
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34538/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA050

## 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)
  - engine accessories,engine starter - inoperative
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PIC CLAIMED HE WAS UNABLE TO START THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY. HE SAID HE COULDN'T REMEMBER IF HE PROPERLY SECURED THE ACFT BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO PROP START. AS HE PULLED THE PROPELLER THROUGH, THE ACFT ENG REVVED UP TO A HIGH RPM. THE PIC CLAIMED THERE WAS A DEAD SPOT IN THE STARTER PREVENTING HIM FROM ACCOMPLISHING A NRML START. WITNESSES STATED THEY OBSRVD THE ACFT ROLL RAPIDLY FORWARD, NARROWLY MISSING A LRGE TURBOPROP ACFT AND A FUEL TRUCK, BEFORE HITTING A TREE WHICH RIPPED OFF ONE WING. POST ACCIDENT INSP OF THE ACFT SYSTEMS REVEALED NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY. THE PIC WAS EARLIER OBSERVED BY A CFI AT THE ADDISON, TX, ARPT PERFORMING THE SAME STARTING PROCEDURE. THE PIC GAVE NO REASON FOR NOT SEEKING MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE TO CORRECT THE STARTER PROBLEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N756FF](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756FF-1990-03-09), registration cancelled 1990-03-09, S/N R18201062 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18201062
- Airframe hours: 1214
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Centerline Aviation
- Registered owner: William M. Klein
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 18, 1987, 46 hours before
- Departed: TXK, TEXARKANA, AR
- Destination: ADS, ADDISON, TX
- Airport: TXK, Texarkana Regional

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,086 total, 59 in this make and model, 948 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19880209002319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880209002319A), Feb 9, 1988: Cessna 182A, Texarkana, AR, Substantial damage. Hand cranked prop with cockpit unoccupied. Aircraft rolled hitting a tree and a fence. Flipped over into a ditch.

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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