# Incident 20000417020299I: Beech 77, Scottsdale, AZ, April 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2000, 18:15 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3866N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3866N-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 77 (registry code 1153007, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 6 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000417020299I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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