# Accident 20000109014939A: Piper PA24250, Albuquerque, NM, January 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2000, 12:30 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Coronado Airport
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1805° N, 106.5898° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1805&lon=-106.5898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6034P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 727 total, 147 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000109014939A

## Narrative

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

(.4) THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP AND THE PILOT UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO START THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURE. HE EXITED THE AIRPLANE TO TURN THE PROPELLER TO LOOSEN IT WITHOUT INTENDING TO START IT.  HE NEGLECTED TO TURN OF THE MAGNETOS.  THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE PILOT WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD AND THE RIGHT ELBOW BY THE PROPELLER.  ACCORDING TO AN EXCERPT FROM THE STARTING SECTION OF THE 1959 PA-24-250 AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL, 'WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD (UNDER 40 DEGREES F.), PRIME THREE TO FIVE STROKES; IF EXTREMELY COLD, PULL THE PROPELLER THROUGH BY HAND FOUR TO SIX TIMES BEFORE TURNING ON THE KEY IGNITION TO 'LEFT' AND ENGAGING THE STARTER BUTTON.'

## 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 DEN00LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA039), Jan 9, 2000: Piper PA-24-250 (N6034P), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to comply with proper procedures for engine startup by failing to disengage the magneto prior to hand-turning the propeller.

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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