# NTSB Accident CEN25LA243
> **STINSON 108** · 2025-07-08 · Seguin, TX, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN25LA243
- **Event ID:** 20250709200495
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2025-07-08
- **Location:** Seguin, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.495662, -98.158637
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** STINSON
- **Model:** 108
- **Registration:** N97577
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to turn off the magneto switch before repositioning the propeller by hand which resulted in an inadvertent engine start.

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