ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314473
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 August 2011 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper J3C-65 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3453K |
| MSN: | 22144 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1034 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental A&C65 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fortuna-Rohnerville Airport, CA (KFOT) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fortuna-Rohnerville Airport, CA (KFOT) |
| Garberville, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The individual attempting to start the engine by turning the propeller (hand prop) reported that, during the first attempt to start the engine, verbal callouts were used. He further reported that the pilot then told him to pull the propeller through three times. The individual said that he then motioned, without a verbal callout to the pilot, that he would pull the propeller through per the pilot's request. The pilot reported that the individual hand-propping the engine pulled the propeller through a second time before he could secure the airplane by turning off the magnetos. As the individual rotated the propeller and reached to grab the other propeller blade, the engine unexpectedly started, which resulted in the propeller striking the individual in the right arm, causing a fracture.
Probable Cause: The unexpected engine start during hand propping, which resulted in a serious injury. Contributing to the accident was the lack of communication between the pilot and the individual hand propping the engine.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR11LA487
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 October 2021 | N3453K | Private | 0 | Garberville, California | |
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| Runway excursion | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Jun-2023 17:40 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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