OpenAirDocs.org

20030120005839I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Beech B19 · Pontiac, MI · January 20, 2003

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
January 20, 2003 · 13:50 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland-Pontiac
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1992W
Reported as
Beech B19
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
360 total12 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days
N1992WRegistered now · Beech B19S/N MB-657Airframe modelBeech B19Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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) The pilot attempted to start the aircraft with the intended purpose of taxiing for fuel. He removed the aircraft from hangar E-3 and positioned it next to the taxiway. While attempting to start the aircraft the pilot could hear the starter turn but not the engine or the propeller. He attempted to start the aircraft twice with no luck. He then placed all switches including the key to off, but left the throttle approximately 1/3 open. He exited the aircraft leaving his passenger inside. The pilot attempted to manipulate the propeller, as he had in the past, to free what he thought was a frozen starter belt. During the pilots second turn of the propeller the engine started and the aircraft began to move. The aircraft taxied approximately 50 feet until it struck hangar D-12 located directly across from hangar E-3. The passenger had never been in a small aircraft and was unfamiliar with its operation. The passenger did grab the yoke and try to steer the aircraft but was unsuccessful in preventing it from striking the hangar. The propeller cut through the D-12 hangar door and struck the right float of an Aeronca AR-15-AC that was stored on wooden blocks inside the hangar. See contiuation sheet.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF TAXIING FOR FUEL. HE REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM HANGAR E-3 AND POSITIONED IT NEXT TO THE TAXIWAY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT COULD HEAR THE STARTER TURN BUT NOT THE ENGINE OR THE PROPELLER. HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE AIRCRAFT TWICE WITH NO LUCK. HE THEN PLACED ALL SWITCHES INCLUDING THE KEY TO OFF, BUT LEFT THE THROTTLE APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OPEN. HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT LEAVING HIS PASSENGER INSIDE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANIPULATE THE PROPELLER, AS HE HAD IN THE PAST, TO FREE WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A FROZEN STARTER BELT. DURING THE PILOTS SECOND TURN OF THE PROPELLER THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MOVE. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET UNTIL IT STRUCK HANGAR D-12 LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM HANGAR E-3. THE PASSENGER HAD NEVER BEEN IN A SMALL AIRCRAFT AND WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH ITS OPERATION. THE PASSENGER DID GRAB THE YOKE AND TRY TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN PREVENTING IT FROM STRIKING THE HANGAR. THE PROPELLER CUT THROUGH THE D-12 HANGAR DOOR AND STRUCK THE RIGHT FLOAT OF AN AERONCA AR-15-AC THAT WAS STORED ON WOODEN BLOCKS INSIDE THE HANGAR. SEE CONTIUATION SHEET.

Other reports on N1992W · 1

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

Accident 19740420011269ALevel Off Touchdown · ILApr 20, 1974 · Reported as Beech A2319 · Substantial damage