20021126037459A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Tallahassee, FL · November 26, 2002

Date
November 26, 2002 · 06:15 local
Place
Tallahassee, FL
Airport
Tallahassee Regionall Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N752CF
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total985 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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) On November 26, 2002, at 0630 EDT, a PA-30-30, N752CF registered to security 4 it inc., collided with a hanger door, at Tallahassee regional airport, Tallahassee, FL while attempting to start the aircraft for the purpose of flying the aircraft to miami, FL. The pilot stated that he tried to start the left engine, and thought the starter had hung up, so he got out of the aircraft and moved the prop, the engine started, then aircraft with no one at the controls taxied out of control and struck the hanger. The aircraft was substantially damaged.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 26, 2002, AT 0630 EDT, A PA-30-30, N752CF REGISTERED TO SECURITY 4 IT INC., COLLIDED WITH A HANGER DOOR, AT TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT, TALLAHASSEE, FL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FLYING THE AIRCRAFT TO MIAMI, FL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO START THE LEFT ENGINE, AND THOUGHT THE STARTER HAD HUNG UP, SO HE GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MOVED THE PROP, THE ENGINE STARTED, THEN AIRCRAFT WITH NO ONE AT THE CONTROLS TAXIED OUT OF CONTROL AND STRUCK THE HANGER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

Other reports on N752CF · 2

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