# Incident 19990501016559I: Bbavia 11AC, London, OH, May 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1999, 10:30 local time
- Place: London, OH
- Airport: Madison County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9327° N, 83.4620° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MADISON COUNTY (UYF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9327&lon=-83.4620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9647E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9647E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 11AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 342 total, 131 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990501016559I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 1, 1999, AT APPROXIMATLEY 10:30 A.M., PILOT HAND PROPPED N9647E. PILOT HAD PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED AIRPORT ATTENDANT TO HOL BRAKES AND WAS REFUSED. PILOT THEN DROVE STAKE IN THE GROUND AND TIED TAIL OF AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT STARTED AT A HIGHER RPM THEN EXPECTED, PULLING STAKE FROM GROUND. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STOP AIRCRAFT BY CATCHING LEFT HAND LIFT STRUT. AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT STRIKING A FIXED OBJECT.

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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