# Incident 20040527012379I: Beech A2324, Phoenix, AZ, May 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2004, 09:07 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5974S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5974S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23-24 (registry code 1151226, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A2324
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 35 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040527012379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT BATTERY FAILED TO START THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE BATTERY UNSUCCESSFULLY. PILOT THEN JUMP STARTED THE AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLY AND FAILED TO REMOVE THE TOW BAR AFTER ENGINE START. PILOT WAS INFORMED BY THE DVT TOWER AFTER TAKEOFF THAT THE TOW BAR WAS ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED AT DVT. UPON LANDING, THE TOW BAR STRUCK THE PROPELLER CAUSING A NICK IN THE PROPELLER. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REPAIR THE PROPELLER, BUT THE PROPELLER WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS AFTER THE REPAIR.

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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