ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365980
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Date: | Sunday 4 November 1990 |
Time: | 14:36 LT |
Type: | Aeronca L3B |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N1336J |
MSN: | 058B13644 |
Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL A65-8 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Farmville, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Private |
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Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO HAND PROP START HIS AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE. HE TIED DOWN THE TAIL AND CHOCKED THE FRONT TIRES, AND STARTED THE AIRCRAFT PER NORMAL 'HOT START' PROCEDURES. AS THE PILOT WALKED AROUND THE AIRCRAFT, THE TIE DOWN ROPE BROKE. THE UNATTENDED AIRCRAFT JUMPED THE CHOCKS AND PROCEEDED ACROSS THE RAMP, EVENTUALLY COLLIDING WITH THE CORNER OF A HANGAR AND A VAN.
Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PROPERLY SECURE THE AIRCRAFT WHILE STARTING THE ENGINE BY HAND PROPING.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | BFO91LA010 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB BFO91LA010
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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