19790318004919A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Lawrenceville, GA · March 18, 1979

Date
March 18, 1979 · 11:30 local
Place
Lawrenceville, GA
Airport
Gwinnett Co
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7149B
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FKG28
Reported as
Piper PA22150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
109 total9 in this make and model9 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.

Pilot started the engine by hand propping it. Aircraft got away from him and received substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STARTED THE ENGINE BY HAND PROPPING IT. AIRCRAFT GOT AWAY FROM HIM AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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