20061226028749I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Winchester, VA · December 26, 2006

Date
December 26, 2006 · 15:45 local
Place
Winchester, VA
Airport
Winchester Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9305
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) A friend of the owner privacy data omitted went out to start the aircraft. After having problems with the starter privacy data omitted went out and was pulling the prop through when the engine caught. The aircraft went on its own with no occupants and hit a parked vehicle.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A FRIEND OF THE OWNER ^PRIVACY DA^ WENT OUT TO START THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STARTER ^PRIVACY DA^ WENT OUT AND WAS PULLING THE PROP THROUGH WHEN THE ENGINE CAUGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT ON ITS OWN WITH NO OCCUPANTS AND HIT A PARKED VEHICLE.