# NTSB SEA72DYG23: Cessna 182A, N5948B, Pulman, WA, December 23, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 23, 1971
- Place: Pulman, WA · PULMAN, WA
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164890
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72DYG23
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72DYG23

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4171  71/12/23   PULMAN,WASH         CESSNA 182A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 303
        TIME - 2000                    N5948B              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PULMAN-MOSCOW
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COLFAX,WASH                 BOISE,ID
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- PLT HAND PROPPED ENG,ACFT JUMPED CHOCK,HIT SNOWBANK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5948B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5948B-1977-10-07), registration cancelled 1977-10-07, S/N 33948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pulman-Moscow

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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