20000115002899I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Des Moines, IA · January 15, 2000

Date: January 15, 2000 · 10:00 local
Place: Des Moines, IA
Airport: Des Moines International
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5858V
Reported as: Piper PA28181
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 750 total200 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N5858VRegistration cancelled Jul 10, 2006 · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7790503 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181

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.

The pilot pulled the aircraft from the hanger onto an open ramp. After several attempts to start yhe engine, he noted the started was not engaging. At this point the pilot exited without securing the aircraft and leaving the master swich and magnetos on. The pilot rotated the propeller which caused the engine to start immediately. The aircraft traveled approximately 200 hundred yards before in impacted a hanger, leaving a hole in the hanger and substanially damaged the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT PULLED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE HANGER ONTO AN OPEN RAMP. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START YHE ENGINE, HE NOTED THE STARTED WAS NOT ENGAGING. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT EXITED WITHOUT SECURING THE AIRCRAFT AND LEAVING THE MASTER SWICH AND MAGNETOS ON. THE PILOT ROTATED THE PROPELLER WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO START IMMEDIATELY. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 200 HUNDRED YARDS BEFORE IN IMPACTED A HANGER, LEAVING A HOLE IN THE HANGER AND SUBSTANIALLY DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N5858V · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19851108064689IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Orange City, IARan off side runway during crosswind landing on icy runway. Struck runway light while taxiing back onto runway.Nov 8, 1985 · Minor damage