# Incident 20131024025829I: Aeronca 65-TAC, Roanoke, TX, October 24, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2013, 16:00 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Northwest Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0147° N, 97.2290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0147&lon=-97.2290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36954, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36954) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-TAC (registry code 0190910, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-tac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 65-TAC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131024025829I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/24/2013, THE PILOT HAND PROPPED HIS AERONCA 65-TAC (N36954) IN FRONT OF HIS HANGAR AT NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT (52F), ROANOKE, TX, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING A RUN-UP. THE THROTTLE WAS SET A LITTLE EXCESSIVE, AND UPON STARTING UP, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN AN UNCOMMANDED TAXI BETWEEN THE T HANGARS. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS AND STRUCK ANOTHER HANGAR DOOR, DISLODGING IT FROM IT'S UPPER TRACK. THE DOOR THEN IMPACTED THE SPINNER OF AN AIRCRAFT STORED IN THE HAGAR, BUT DAMAGED ONLY THE SPINNER OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE WOODEN PROP, SPINNER, AND THE ENGINE ENCLOSURE, ALL OF WHICH ARE DEFINED AS MINOR.

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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