# Incident 20050825018589I: Piper J3C65, Blairstown, NJ, August 25, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2005, 18:15 local time
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Airport: Blairstown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9711° N, 74.9975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLAIRSTOWN (1N7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9711&lon=-74.9975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7451H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7451H-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050825018589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) GROUND CREW WAS PULLING THE PROPELLER THRU BEFORE STARTING THE AIRCRAFT. THE THROTTLE CONTROL WAS FULL FORWARD IN THE MAXIMUM RPM POSITION. THE GROUND CREW INADVERTENTLY LEFT THE MAGNETO SWITCH IN THE "ON" POSITION. TH E ENGINE STARTED WHEN THE PROPELLER WAS ROTATED. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TAXI ON ITS OWN AND STRUCK A TETRAHEDRON BEFORE CONTINUING APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS AND STRIKING TREES AT THE EDGE OF A WOODED AREA.

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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