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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-15 · Athens, GA · March 12, 1995

Date: March 12, 1995 · 13:00 local
Place: Athens, GA
Airport: Athens/Ben Epps Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4181H
Reported as: Piper PA15
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,700 total200 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N4181HRegistered now · Piper PA-15S/N 15-64 Airframe modelPiper PA-15 Engine modelLycoming 0-145B seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: had repositioned aircraft to fuel pump after fueling Mr. Hudson was going to prop the engine to start. He had another person standing on the ground at the door to assist. The engine did not start at first. Mr. Hudson asked the person assisting to advance the throttle a little. The engine started and the aircraft started to move. The assistant held the side of the aircraft which caused it to move in a circle. An aircraft next to it was struck. Minor damage to both.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: HAD REPOSITIONED AIRCRAFT TO FUEL PUMP AFTER FUELING MR. HUDSON WAS GOING TO PROP THE ENGINE TO START. HE HAD ANOTHER PERSON STANDING ON THE GROUND AT THE DOOR TO ASSIST. THE ENGINE DID NOT START AT FIRST. MR. HUDSON ASKED THE PERSON ASSISTING TO ADVANCE THE THROTTLE A LITTLE. THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO MOVE. THE ASSISTANT HELD THE SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH CAUSED IT TO MOVE IN A CIRCLE. AN AIRCRAFT NEXT TO IT WAS STRUCK. MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH.