# Incident 20090816017849I: Piper PA28180, Ashland, OH, August 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2009, 10:00 local time
- Place: Ashland, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8672° N, 82.3153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashland, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8672&lon=-82.3153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331WB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N331WB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090816017849I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON 08/16/2009, MS. LINDA SUE BLODGETT PULLED HER AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE HANGAR AND PERFORMED A PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION.  MS. BLODGETT AND A FRIEND WERE PLANNING TO FLY TO BUCYRUS TO ATTEND A MEETING.  MS. BLODGETT PRIMED THE ENGINE THREE TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT START FOR HER.  SINCE THE AIRCRAFT DIDN'T START EASILY SHE DECIDED TO PRIME THE ENGINE ONE MORE TIME AND THEN SHE SAYS THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY STARTED AND STARTLED HER WHEN IT TOOK OFF ACROSS THE GRASS IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT, OVER THE RUNWAY, AND INTO THE GRASS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BACK UNDER HER CONTROL SHE TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN THE GRASS AND CROSSED OVER THE RUNWAY AGAIN TO GET TO THE RUN-UP AREA.  AT THE RUN-UP AREA THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE.  AFTER NOTICING THAT THE PROP WAS DAMAGED, MS. BLODGETT RESTARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND RETURNED IT TO THE HANGAR.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO THE HANGAR SHE RETURNED TO HER CAR AND DROVE TO THE MEETING.  NO NOE IN THE FBO SEEN ANYTHING SO SHE TOLD HER MECHANIC AND THE AIRPORT MANAGER (SAME PERSON) ABOUT THE INCIDENT AT A LATER TIME.

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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