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.
This report will be down graded from "incident" to "occurance" as there was no intention for flight. Maintenance ground run. Owner was adjusting carburator. Durning hand propping, onwer thought he had flooded the engine. Returned to the cockpit, turned off the magnetos, opened the throttle to full and pulled the prop through backwards. He reurned to the cockpit and turned on magnetos and failed to retard throttle. He propped the engine and it imediately went to full power. Theaircraft jumped the chocks and began to accelerate. The owner attempted to get to the cockpit to pull the throttle back, but the best he could do was try to stop the aircraft by hanging on to the lift strut.a hanger nieghbor, who had been watch the work was hit by the tail as the aircraft spun around the owner applying drag on the r/h lift strut. The owner was eventually lost his grip on the lift strut and the aircraft struck an outside hanger wall on the l/h wing and propeller.
As the FAA filed it
THIS REPORT WILL BE DOWN GRADED FROM "INCIDENT" TO "OCCURANCE" AS THERE WAS NO INTENTION FOR FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE GROUND RUN. OWNER WAS ADJUSTING CARBURATOR. DURNING HAND PROPPING, ONWER THOUGHT HE HAD FLOODED THE ENGINE. RETURNED TO THE COCKPIT, TURNED OFF THE MAGNETOS, OPENED THE THROTTLE TO FULL AND PULLED THE PROP THROUGH BACKWARDS. HE REURNED TO THE COCKPIT AND TURNED ON MAGNETOS AND FAILED TO RETARD THROTTLE. HE PROPPED THE ENGINE AND IT IMEDIATELY WENT TO FULL POWER. THEAIRCRAFT JUMPED THE CHOCKS AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THE OWNER ATTEMPTED TO GET TO THE COCKPIT TO PULL THE THROTTLE BACK, BUT THE BEST HE COULD DO WAS TRY TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BY HANGING ON TO THE LIFT STRUT.A HANGER NIEGHBOR, WHO HAD BEEN WATCH THE WORK WAS HIT BY THE TAIL AS THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND THE OWNER APPLYING DRAG ON THE R/H LIFT STRUT. THE OWNER WAS EVENTUALLY LOST HIS GRIP ON THE LIFT STRUT AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN OUTSIDE HANGER WALL ON THE L/H WING AND PROPELLER.
Other reports on N3370E · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.