Cessna 182 N2718R

Summary

On 1 February 2011 at about 18:55 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N2718R, operated by Blinn Family Trust, was involved in an accident near Eastsound, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 February 2011 at 18:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Eastsound, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Orcas Island (ORS)

Coordinates

48.7081, -122.9106

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N2718R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Blinn Family Trust

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eastsound → Eastsound

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR11CA118

1 person was seriously injured.

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB 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 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.