# NTSB Accident FTW00LA055
> **Cessna 172L** · 1999-12-28 · NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW00LA055
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20248
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-12-28
- **Location:** NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.019298, -90.019508
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172L
- **Registration:** N172GT
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent starting of the engine.  Factors were the pilot's failure to set the mixture control to the off position, and the intermittent short in the starter switch.

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