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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28160 · Kenai, AK · June 28, 1989

Date
June 28, 1989 · 17:50 local
Place
Kenai, AK
Airport
Kenai Municipal
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5302W
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC89LA109
Reported as
Piper PA28160
Reported engine
Lycoming O320B2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
370 total167 in this make and model12 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.

Propped engine with wife at controls. Wife opened throttle by mistake. Aircraft struck a parked aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PROPPED ENGINE WITH WIFE AT CONTROLS. WIFE OPENED THROTTLE BY MISTAKE. AIRCRAFT STRUCK 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.