# Incident 20051030031959I: Tcraft BC12D, Monroe, MI, October 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Monroe, MI
- Airport: Custer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9399° N, 83.4347° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUSTER (TTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9399&lon=-83.4347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44099, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44099) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 54 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051030031959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT AT TTF, THE PILOT TALKED TO THE FUEL ATTENDANT AND THE ATTENDANT AGREED TO HELP HOLD THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE GAVE INSTRUCTIONS OF WHAT TO DO AND EXPECT. THE ATTENDANT SAID THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE THE PILOT WAS GOING TO START THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER STARTING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING THE COCKPIT OF THE AIRCRAFT, HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROLLING. THE ATTENDANT STATED THAT HE WAS STARTLED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED AND A GUST OF WIND HIT AT THE SAME TIME AND HE LOST HIS HOLD ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT REACHED INTO THE AIRCRAFT AND RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE. HE ALSO GRABBED THE AIRCRAFT AT THE DOOR FRAME CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PIVOT, THUS STRIKING A CEMENT POLE PROTECTING THE ABOVE GROUND FUEL TANK. THE PROP STRUCK THE POLE AND WEDGED IT BETWEEN THE PROP AND ENGINE COWLING. THE PROP IS BENT AND THE ENGINE COWL IS DENTED AND CRACKED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY LOCAL FBO AND MECHANIC WHO FOUND NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE MECHANIC IS WORKING WITH THE OWNER/PILOT TO HAVE THE ENGINE PULLED AND CHECKED FOR THE PROP STRIKE AND ENGINE STOPPAGE. THE MOTOR MOUNT WILL ALSO BE CHECKED FOR DAMAGE WHEN THE ENGINE IS REMOVED.

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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