# NTSB NYC84FHM06: Cessna 210N, N6512Y, Millbrook, NY, January 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: January 9, 1984, 12:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place: Millbrook, NY
- Coordinates: 41.669662, -73.729919 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6697&lon=-73.7299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35403
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FHM06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35403/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FHM06

## Sequence of events

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

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - starting engine(s)
  - electrical system,battery - output low (contributing factor)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PLT WAS INJURED WHILE HAND PROPPING THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6512Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6512Y-1996-02-21), registration cancelled 1996-02-21, S/N 21064414 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Registry model: [Cessna 210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (registry code 2073453) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Patrick A. Diggins
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: DXR, DANBURY, CT
- Airport: Sky Acres

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,006 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

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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