19881115050789A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Dublin, VA · November 15, 1988

Date
November 15, 1988 · 14:00 local
Place
Dublin, VA
Airport
New River Valley Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N88054
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO89LA010
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Reported engine
Continental A658
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,900 total450 in this make and model180 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.

Engine started by propping. Ran at full throttle, jumped chocks. Hit fuel pumps, pilot, and a parked aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STARTED BY PROPPING. RAN AT FULL THROTTLE, JUMPED CHOCKS. HIT FUEL PUMPS, PILOT, AND A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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