Cessna 172G N4419L

Summary

On 16 December 1988 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 172G registered N4419L was involved in an accident near Venice, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 December 1988 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Venice, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Venice (VNC)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172G

Registration

N4419L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA89LA051

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENG WITH A LESS THAN FULLY-CHARGED BATTERY. THE FORMER NAVY PLT EXITED THE ACFT, LEAVING HIS NONPLT PAX ABOARD, AND THE MAG SWITCH 'ON'. HE ATTEMPTED TO SLOWLY PULL THE PROP THRU COMPRESSION STROKE BY HAND. HE HAD JUST BARELY ROTATED THE PROP WHEN THE ENG STARTED. THE PLT JUMPED CLEAR & WATCHED AS HIS ACFT MOVED ACROSS THE RAMP & COLLIDED WITH THE TAIL OF A PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED C-310. THE PLT LATER STATED THAT TO PRECLUDE A SIMILIAR ACCIDENT FROM OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE, HE WOULD EITHER HAVE A COMPETENT PERSON AT THE CONTROLS APPLYING THE BRAKES, OR HE WOULD SECURE THE TAIL &/OR CHOCK THE WHEELS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.