- Date
- February 9, 2000, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hartford, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1420SCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000209005109I
- Case key
- 51264
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a visual lookout.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot taxied the airplane from the north side of a building to the south side. He set the parking park and secured the engine to load a passenger along with some baggage. The pilot than started the engine. While the passenger was looking for a pair of sunglasses, the pilot looked down to set the transponder code. With the engine at 'low' rpm, the airplane rolled approximately 60 feet. Neither the pilot nor the passenger was aware of its movements until the collision. After the collision, a 'shower' of gasoline was observed, which the pilot thought was water at the time. He secured the electrical master, and released the barking brake with the intention of pushing the airplane back. Once outside, the pilot realized the water was in fact gasoline, so no attempt was made to move the airplane. After the accident, a FAA Inspector set the parking brake then attempted to push the airplane. He could not get the airplane to roll.
Factual narrative
On February 9, 2000, at 1100 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182P, N1420S, received minor damage when it taxied into an unoccupied parked airplane at the Hartford-Brainard Airport, Hartford, Connecticut. The certificated private pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight that was destined for Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. A visual flight rules flight plan was filed, and the flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, he taxied the airplane from the north side of a building to the south side. He then set the parking park, and secured the engine to load a passenger along with some baggage. Once loaded, the pilot started the engine. While the passenger was looking for a pair of sunglasses, the pilot looked down to set the transponder code. With the engine at "low" rpm, the airplane rolled approximately 60 feet. Neither the pilot nor the passenger was aware of its movement until the collision. After the collision, a "shower" of gasoline was observed, which the pilot thought was water at the time. He secured the electrical master, and released the barking brake with the intention of pushing the airplane back. Once outside, the pilot realized the water was in fact gasoline, so no attempt was made to move the airplane.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector that examined the airplane after the accident, he set the parking brake then attempted to push the airplane. He could not get the airplane to roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1420S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8264976
- Airframe hours
- 1,883
- Engine
- Continental O-470S, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anselmo J. Macchi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 2000 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- HFD
- Destination
- CRE · Myrtle Beach, SC
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- HFD · Hartford-Brainard
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 87
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HFD
FAA reports on this event · 1
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