# Accident 20041106029969A: Piper PA28181, Morris, IL, November 6, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2004, 09:00 local time
- Place: Morris, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4256° N, 88.4186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4256&lon=-88.4186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2245M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2245M-2009-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041106029969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DISCOVERED DEAD BATTERY WHEN TRYING TO START AIRCRAFT. HE THEN TIED DOWN THE TAIL, SET THE THROTTLE TO 1/4, AND HAND-PROPPED THE AIRCRAFT. IT STARTED, AND AS HE WAS WALKING TO THE COCKPIT THE TIEDOWN ROPE BROKE. THE AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD, STRIKING THE PILOT AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD, STRIKING A DA-20, HIT A LIGHT POLE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN AROUND, HITTING A TAIL OF A CE-150, THEN STRIKING A WING OF AN AA-1. THE PILOT THEN REACHED THE AIRCRAFT AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE.

## 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 CHI05CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA022), Nov 6, 2004: Piper PA-28-181 (N2245M), Morris, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning in that he failed to assure that the airplane was properly secured prior to hand propping the engine. Factors associated with the accident were the broken…

## Other reports on N2245M (1)

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

- [Accident 20080508839989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080508839989A), May 8, 2008: Piper PA28180 (N2245M), Naperville, IL, Substantial damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted] departed naperaero airport, Naperville, Illinois (LL10) in a Piper cherokee, PA-28-181, N2245M, on may 5, 2008 at 1820 CDT. The…

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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