# NTSB WPR11CA118: Cessna 182, N2718R, Eastsound, WA, February 1, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: February 1, 2011, 10:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place: Eastsound, WA
- Coordinates: 48.708057, -122.910552 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7081&lon=-122.9106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Standing-engine(s) start-up: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 8, 2011
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78258
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR11CA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78258/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78258
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA118

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to properly secure the airplane prior to rotating the propeller by hand, resulting in inadvertent movement of the airplane and collision with a building.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Parking/securing: tie-down/mooring](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01011020): Aircraft › Aircraft handling/service · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 33 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01011020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,308 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Standing-engine(s) start-up: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 109 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md)
- [Standing-engine(s) start-up: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,590 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot pulled the airplane out of the unheated hangar on a chilly morning and used the propeller to rotate the engine several times. He set the parking brake, and started the airplane with the starter, but then the engine stopped. The battery did not have sufficient charge to start the engine, so he decided to hand-prop the engine. He primed it, left the parking brake on, set the throttle to idle, turned the master switch and magneto switches on, and spun the propeller. The engine started but did not remain running. He started it again by hand propping. He advanced the throttle to keep it running, but again it did not remain running. He applied carburetor heat, but did not reduce the throttle setting. He hand-propped the engine once again and it went to a high rpm setting, and then the airplane began moving forward. The pilot reached in to try to retard the throttle, but was unsuccessful. He fell and hit his face on the landing gear footstep, which fractured his right cheekbone and caused deep lacerations above his right eye. The airplane continued to move until it collided with a hangar, with both wings sustaining substantial damage.

## Factual narrative

The pilot pulled the airplane out of the unheated hangar on a chilly morning, and used the propeller to rotate the engine several times. He set the parking brake, and started the airplane with the starter, but then the engine stopped. The battery would not turn the engine over again, so he decided to hand prop the engine. He primed it, left the parking brake on, set the throttle to idle, turned the master switch and magneto switches on, and spun the propeller. The engine started, but quit. He started it again by hand propping. He advanced the throttle to keep it running, but it quit. He applied carburetor heat, but did not reduce the throttle setting. He hand propped the engine once again and it went to a high rpm setting, and then the airplane began moving forward. The pilot reached in to try and retard the throttle, but was unsuccessful. He fell, and hit his face on the landing gear footstep, which fractured his right cheekbone and caused deep lacerations above his right eye. The airplane continued to move until it collided with a hangar, with both wings sustaining substantial damage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2718R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (K)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18258218
- Airframe hours: 5142
- Engines: Teledyne Continental Motors O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Blinn Family Trust
- Registered owner: Blinn Family Trust
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 2, 2010, 75 hours before
- Departed: ORS, Eastsound, WA
- Destination: ORS, Eastsound, WA
- Airport: ORS, Orcas Island, runway 34, 2,900 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: serious; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 21, 2010; flight hours: 2,738 total, 866 in this make and model, 2,555 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.61 inHg
- Observed at: KORS

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 23, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78258. 1.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40343909&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

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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