ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142180
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| Date: | Monday 30 January 2012 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N746R |
| MSN: | 28R-7535075 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gillespie Field Airport - KSEE, El Cajon, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Diego, CA (SEE) |
| San Diego, CA (SEE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The passenger reported that he and the pilot were both seated in the airplane when the pilot made three unsuccessful attempts to start the engine. The pilot told the passenger to “get out, I need to jump it.” The passenger got out of the airplane and was walking away when he heard a noise. When he looked back toward the front of the airplane, he saw the pilot lying on the ground below the propeller. The airplane’s engine was not running. Postaccident examination revealed that the magneto switch was in the both position. It is likely that the pilot moved the propeller, and because the magnetos were in a ready-to-start condition, this resulted in a spark plug firing, which caused the propeller to turn rapidly and strike the pilot.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to turn the magneto switch to the off position before moving the propeller to start the engine by hand.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
Aerial view of Gillespie Field
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2012 13:43 | gerard57 | Added |
| 30-Jan-2012 15:19 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2012 15:28 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Jan-2012 16:30 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2012 23:37 | gerard57 | Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]] |
| 01-Feb-2012 12:20 | LAURENCE | Updated [[[Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]]] |
| 04-Feb-2012 20:54 | Geno | Updated [Total occupants, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:52 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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