# Incident 20000115002899I: Piper PA28181, Des Moines, IA, January 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5858V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5858V-2006-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000115002899I

## Narrative

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

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 19851108064689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851108064689I), Nov 8, 1985: Piper PA28181 (N5858V), Orange City, IA, Minor damage. Ran off side runway during crosswind landing on icy runway. Struck runway light while taxiing back onto runway.

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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