# Accident 20140719019282A: Piper PA-28-140, St. Louis, MO, July 19, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2014, 18:00 local time
- Place: St. Louis, MO
- Airport: Creve Coeur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7273° N, 90.5084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CREVE COEUR (1H0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7273&lon=-90.5084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9789W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9789W-2015-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 100 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140719019282A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 19, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HOURS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A PIPER PA-28-140 FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT BETWEEN CREVE COEUR AIRPORT AND ST. CHARLES COUNTY SMARTT FIELD. AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL START OF THE ENGINE WITH THE AIRCRAFT STARTER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GOT OUT OF THE PLANE AND DECIDED TO PLACE HIS WIFE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT THE CONTROLS IN ORDER FOR HER TO APPLY THE BRAKES WHILE HE ATTEMPTED TO HAND PROP THE THE ENGINE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAND PROPPED THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE STARTED IMMEDIATELY.  WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GOT SCARED AND RELEASED THE TOE BRAKES, WHICH ALLOWED THE PLANE TO ROLL UNDER ITS OWN POWER.  THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT SET.  THE PLANE ROLLED THROUGH A DITCH, ACROSS A SMALL SECTION OF SOYBEANS AND STRUCK A PARKED CESSNA 170B, REGISTRATION N3498C.  BOTH AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N3498C, Cessna 170B: no report for this aircraft; [N3498C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3498C) is registered now

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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