# Incident 20060228002169I: Piper J3C65, Beatrice, NE, February 28, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2006, 16:00 local time
- Place: Beatrice, NE
- Airport: Beatrice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3013° N, 96.7541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEATRICE MUNI (BIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3013&lon=-96.7541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42498, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42498) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060228002169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ PROPPED HIS AIRCRAFT AND AFTER THE ENGINE STARTED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MOVE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ IMMEDIATELY ATTEMPTED TO REACH INTO THE COCKPIT TO STOP THE ENGINE. DURING THIS ATTEMPT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ GRABBED THE WING STRUT WHICH TURNED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY TAXIED INTO THE FUEL PUMP LOCATED ON RAMP CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND FUEL PUMPS. THE 3/8 INCH DIAMETER CABLE THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ ALWAYS USES TO SECURE THE TAILWHEEL TO A GROUND TIE-DOWN RING CAME UNDONE FROM THE TAIL WHEEL ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO MOVE. THE CABLE USED CONTAINED A SWEDGED LOOP AT EACH END. THE PRESSED SLEDGE CAME LOOSE ALLOWING THE CABLE TO BECOME UNATTACHED FROM THE TAILWHEEL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS COUNSELED ABOUT PAINTING SLIP MARKS ON THE CABLE AND INSPECTING SAME BEFORE EACH USE.

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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