# Incident 20150508008129I: Beech V35B, Jefferson, OH, May 8, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2015, 09:30 local time
- Place: Jefferson, OH
- Airport: Ashtabula County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7384° N, 80.7688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jefferson, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7384&lon=-80.7688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150508008129I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PULLED AIRCRAFT OUT OF HANGAR WITH AN ELECTRIC TOWBAR. DISCONNECTED THEELECTRICAL POWER CORD FROM INSIDE THE HANGAR,  GOT IN THE AIRPLANE AND STARTED THE ENGINE. WHEN HE STARTED TO ACCLERATE THE PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE TOWBARCAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS, THE TOWBARAND SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE.

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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