19761024034119A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Dell Rapids, SD · October 24, 1976

Date
October 24, 1976
Place
Dell Rapids, SD
Airport
Dell Rapids
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N16415
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC77FTK02
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,550 total510 in this make and model420 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Starter inop-aircraft got away from pilot during hand start & rolled into farm equipment.

As the FAA filed it

STARTER INOP-AIRCRAFT GOT AWAY FROM PILOT DURING HAND START & ROLLED INTO FARM EQUIPMENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.