Cirrus SR22 N8161M
6 December 2012 · Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 6 December 2012 at about 13:26 local time, a Cirrus SR22 registered N8161M, operated by Glick Farms, Inc., was involved in an accident near Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 13:26
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Flying Cloud (KFCM)
- Coordinates
- 44.8231, -93.4553
- Aircraft
- Cirrus SR22
- Registration
- N8161M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Glick Farms, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Eden Prairie → Minot
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN13CA093
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to ensure the airplane was secured prior to attempting an engine start by handpropping.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
When the pilot attempted to start the engine, the starter motor turned, but the starter did not engage. The pilot said he turned off the battery master switch, exited the airplane, and walked around to the front of the airplane. He reached through the door and thought the ignition key was off. He pushed the propeller down through one compression stroke. The engine immediately started. The pilot jumped on the left wing, but fell off. The airplane traveled across the ramp and struck a ditch between runways 28R and 28L, breaking off the nose gear and buckling the firewall. Postaccident examination disclosed the ignition switch functioned normally.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 27 Aug 2012 | Top Dog TD2 | Bemidji, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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