# Incident 19970409005479I: Luscom 8B, Monticello, MN, April 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1997, 09:30 local time
- Place: Monticello, MN
- Airport: Pilots Cove Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2942° N, 93.7867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monticello, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2942&lon=-93.7867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28795, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28795) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8B (registry code 8190106, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970409005479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT BEING HAND PROPPED WHEN IT MOVED FORWARD AND STRUCK A TIED DOWN AIRCRAFT. (-23)JIM MORDAL (PILOT/OWNER) WAS HAND PROPPING N28795 WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED.  N28795 WAS NOT CHOCKED OR TIED DOWN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED AND TAXIED UNDER ITS OWN POWER WITHOUT THE PILOT.  THE AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD, THEN CIRCLED LEFT AND HIT AIRCRAFT N7680U, A TIED DOWN AND UNOPERATING AIRCRAFT.  THE PROPELLER OF N28795  TORE THROUGH THE LEFT WING OF N7680U.  N28795 DID NOT RECEIVE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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