What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) PIC attempted to start his engine by handpropping, after numerous handpropping failed to start the engine he opt to advanced the throttle and continued handpropping. The engine started and the aircraft lurched forward towards numerous parked aircraft, the PIC then attempted to steer the aircraft away by pushing on the tail section, in doing so he turned the aircraft towards N68820 that was waiting for him at approximately 100 feet away with his engine running. The PIC tried to turn off the aircraft magnetos but failed. The aircraft continued forward and collided head-on with N68820, the PIC stated that his aircraft tachometer had a reading of about 1200 RPM or more. No one was in the aircraft to secure the brakes nor was the aircraft tied down at it's parking stall at the time of the engine starting sequence.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PIC ATTEMPTED TO START HIS ENGINE BY HANDPROPPING, AFTER NUMEROUS HANDPROPPING FAILED TO START THE ENGINE HE OPT TO ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AND CONTINUED HANDPROPPING. THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT LURCHED FORWARD TOWARDS NUMEROUS PARKED AIRCRAFT, THE PIC THEN ATTEMPTED TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT AWAY BY PUSHING ON THE TAIL SECTION, IN DOING SO HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARDS N68820 THAT WAS WAITING FOR HIM AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AWAY WITH HIS ENGINE RUNNING. THE PIC TRIED TO TURN OFF THE AIRCRAFT MAGNETOS BUT FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD AND COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH N68820, THE PIC STATED THAT HIS AIRCRAFT TACHOMETER HAD A READING OF ABOUT 1200 RPM OR MORE. NO ONE WAS IN THE AIRCRAFT TO SECURE THE BRAKES NOR WAS THE AIRCRAFT TIED DOWN AT IT'S PARKING STALL AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE STARTING SEQUENCE.
Other reports on N84889 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.