# Accident 20020212000929A: Piper PA24, Scappoose, OR, February 12, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 12, 2002, 15:00 local time - Place: Scappoose, OR - Airport: Scappoose Industrial Airpark - Damage: No damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 45.7725° N, 121.8622° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7725&lon=-121.8622&mi=10 - Aircraft: N7004P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7004P-2014-11-13) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA24 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA040) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020212000929A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON FEBRUARY 12, 2002, ABOUT 1500 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-24, N7004P, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND TREES AT THE SCAPPOOSE INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK, SCAPPOOSE, OREGON. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER WAS FATALLY INJURED. DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER FUELING THE AIRPLANE, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. THE PILOT MOVED THE AIRPLANE AWAY FROM THE FUEL PUMPS TO HAND PROP THE ENGINE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WITH THE PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT, HE SET THE PARKING BRAKE, PUSHED THE THROTTLE IN ABOUT 1/4 INCH, AND MOVED THE MAGNETO SWITCH TO BOTH. THE PILOT THEN PULLED THE PROPELLER THROUGH ONCE AND THE ENGINE STARTED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THEN STARTED TO WALK AROUND THE WING WHEN THE ENGINE RPM INCREASED TO FULL POWER AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. THE WING KNOCKED THE PILOT DOWN AND THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE RAMP TOWARD THE TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITHA FENCE AND SUBSEQUENTLY TREES IN A PARK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. A WITNESS, WHO WAS AT THE FUEL PUMPS, REPORTED THAT DURING THE EVENT, THE AIRPLANE DID BECOME AIRBORNE ABOUT FOUR FEET ABOVE THE GROUND JUST PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. (-23) AFTER REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE USING BATTERY POWER AND WAS UNABLE TO GET THE ENGINE TO START. HE SET THE PARKING BRAKE, OPENED THE THROTTLE ABOUT 1/4 INCH AND PLACED THE MAGNETO SWITCH TO BOTH. HE EXITED THE COCKPIT TO HAND PROP THE ENGINE. THE PASSENGER REMAINED IN THE COCKPIT. AFTER THE ENGINE STARTED THE PILOT WAS WALKING AROUND THE RIGHT WING WHEN THE ENGINE WENT TO A HIGH RPM. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED MOVING AND THE PILOT WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND WHEN HE TRIED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY. IT TRAVELED ACROSS THE RUNWAY, HIT THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE, WENT THROUGH THE FENCE AND COLLIDED WITH SOME LARGE TREES. IT CAME TO A STOP IN A SMALL PARK JUST OFF AIRPORT PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. ## 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 SEA02LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA040), Feb 12, 2002: Piper PA-24-180 (N7004P), Scappoose, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to tie down the aircraft prior to hand propping the engine. Factors were a fence, trees, and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation. ## Other reports on N7004P (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19860922060989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860922060989I), Sep 22, 1986: Piper PA24 (N7004P), Vancouver, WA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear. Landed gear up. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.