19890930039939A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18 · Mcgrath, AK · September 30, 1989

Date
September 30, 1989 · 19:00 local
Place
Mcgrath, AK
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4579A
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC89LA180
Reported as
Piper PA18
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

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

Hand propped engine. Aircraft not chocked or tied,accelerated off the unimproved strip. Pilot unable catch aircraft

As the FAA filed it

HAND PROPPED ENGINE. AIRCRAFT NOT CHOCKED OR TIED,ACCELERATED OFF THE UNIMPROVED STRIP. PILOT UNABLE CATCH 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.