# Accident 19980603028439A: Piper PA30, Everett, WA, June 3, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1998, 17:32 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Airport: Snohomish County - Paine Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8903° N, 122.2496° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8903&lon=-122.2496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98NT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98NT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980603028439A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT TAXIED THE TWIN ENGINE PA-30 (90 GALLON FUEL CAPACITY) TO A SELF SERVICE FUELING ISLAND. THERE, HE FUELED THE AIRCRAFT WITH 58.15 GALLONS OF FUEL AT 1503. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED BACK TO THE PILOT'S HANGAR AREA. SOMETIME THEREAFTER, THE PILOT HAD USED A JUMPER CABLE TO CONNECT THE BATTERY OF HIS CAR TO THE AIRCRAFT'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AT THE POWER RECEPTACLE LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOSE. APPROXIMATELY 1732, WITH BOTH ENGINES RUNNING, THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO REMOVE THE CHOCK FROM THE NOSE-WHEEL DURING WHICH THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD (EAST) AND EVENTUALLY IMPACTED A PARKED CESSNA PRIMARILY ALONG ITS LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING. THE PA-30'S RIGHT ENGINE STOPPED UPON WING CONTACT, AND THE MOMENTUM CARRIED BOTH AIRCRAFT IN A CLOCKWISE ARC A SHORT DISTANCE SOUTHEAST. THE PA-30'S LEFT ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING AFTER THE COLLISION. AT A POINT CONSISTENT WITH THE PA-30'S INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE CESSNA, A POOL OF BLOOD IDENTIFIED THE SPOT WERE THE PILOT WAS FIRST STRUCK BY THE PA-30'S LEFT PROPELLER. HE DRUG HIMSELF UNDER THE PA-30 AND INTO A 4:30 POSITION STOPPING AT A POINT CLOSE TO THE NOSE-WHEEL CHOCK WHICH WAS ENTANGLED IN THE JUMPER CABLES. A WITNESS WHO SPOKE WITH THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE REMARKED THAT 'I KNEW BETTER, (UNKNOWN) WAS NOT REMOVED, AND THE WIND CAUGHT ME.' THE PILOT WAS AIRLIFTED TO A MAJOR HOSPITAL AND EXPIRED APPROXIMATELY 10 HOURS LATER.              (-23) IT APPEARS THE PILOT STARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH EXTERNAL POWER, THEN WHILE DISCONNECTING THE EXTERNAL POWER AND/OR REMOVING THE CHOCKS, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED BY A COLLISION WITH A 2ND PARKED AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY WOUNDED BY THE LEFT PROPELLER AFTER THE RIGHT WING AND ENGINE STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA98LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA085), Jun 4, 1998: Piper PA-30 (N98NT), Everett, WA, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's exiting the aircraft with both engines running to remove a wheel chock. A factor was the inadequate preflight of the aircraft (not removing the chock) prior to engine start.

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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