- Date
- April 17, 1983, 10:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- North Bend, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N30784Cessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830417014719A
- Case key
- 39776
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with a parked fuel trailer after the engine started when the pilot turned the prop to loosen up the engine oil. The pilot received serious injuries when he was knocked down by the left horizontal stabilizer as he tried to reenter the cockpit. The three passengers in the aircraft received minor or no injuries even though the prop cut a three foot gash in the trailer and spilled 860 gallons of jet fuel over the aircraft before they exited it. No fire occurred. The pilot stated he attempted to start the acft in the normal manner but the battery did not have enough charge to rotate the propeller. The pilot got out of the aircraft to hand prop the engine. The pilot stated that he did not remember the position of the throttle and mixture controls at the time of the accident. The magnetos were on.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30784
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059961
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry Kent Wechter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 6, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- OTH · North Bend Muni.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 781 total · 418 in this make and model · 641 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTH
FAA reports on this event · 1
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