# Accident 20060917022659A: Piper PA25, Mount Holly, NJ, September 17, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2006, 13:50 local time
- Place: Mount Holly, NJ
- Airport: South Jersey Reg Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9428° N, 74.8458° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9428&lon=-74.8458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6319Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6319Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,800 total, 6,800 in this make and model, 450 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060917022659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STARTER ON N6319Z WAS INOPERATIVE. FOR SOME TIME, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAND PROPPED HIS PIPER PA-25-25 (S/N 25-412). WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED, IT DID SO AT FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED, THE TAIL WHEEL WAS UP OFF THE GROUND, N6319Z HIT A PARKED, TIED DOWN, PIPER PA28-151 (S/N 28-7415251). N6319Z STRUCK N55PN WITH ITS RIGHT WING. THAT WING COLLAPSED AROUND THE PA-28'S COWLING AND SPINNER. N6319Z PIVOTED TO THE RIGHT AND ITS PROP CUT UP ABOUT 4' OF THE PA-28'S RIGHT WING, CONTINUED PIVOTING TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A REST ABOUT 180 DEGREES FROM ORIGINAL HEADING.

## 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 NYC06CA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA225), Sep 17, 2006: Piper PA-25-180 (N6319Z), Mount Holly, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper starting procedure, which resulted in an uncontrolled taxi, and collision with a parked airplane.

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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