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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech 77 · Scottsdale, AZ · April 17, 2000

Date: April 17, 2000 · 18:15 local
Place: Scottsdale, AZ
Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N3866N
Reported as: Beech 77
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,200 total6 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N3866NRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2022 · Beech 77S/N WA-254 · Built 1981 Airframe modelBeech 77 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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.

(-23)Pilot was familiarizing his wife (nonpilot) with the cockpit of his recently purchased aircraft. He then attempted to start the engine so he could taxi it to the wash rack, but the battery was dead. With the aircraft still tied down, he hand-propped the aircraft to figure out if the battery was bad or if an electrical system problem existed. The engine started and the right wing tie-down and tail tie-down chains broke. The aircraft then tethered on the left tie-down chain and struck a Mooney parked to his left. Both aircraft sustained substantial dmaage. The pilot mismanged the controls and failed to provide and brief a properly qualified person to amn the controls, while he hand-propped the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT WAS FAMILIARIZING HIS WIFE (NONPILOT) WITH THE COCKPIT OF HIS RECENTLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE SO HE COULD TAXI IT TO THE WASH RACK, BUT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. WITH THE AIRCRAFT STILL TIED DOWN, HE HAND-PROPPED THE AIRCRAFT TO FIGURE OUT IF THE BATTERY WAS BAD OR IF AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM EXISTED. THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE RIGHT WING TIE-DOWN AND TAIL TIE-DOWN CHAINS BROKE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TETHERED ON THE LEFT TIE-DOWN CHAIN AND STRUCK A MOONEY PARKED TO HIS LEFT. BOTH AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DMAAGE. THE PILOT MISMANGED THE CONTROLS AND FAILED TO PROVIDE AND BRIEF A PROPERLY QUALIFIED PERSON TO AMN THE CONTROLS, WHILE HE HAND-PROPPED THE AIRCRAFT.