20151020017779I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Galesburg, IL · October 20, 2015

Date
October 20, 2015 · 16:30 local
Place
Galesburg, IL
Airport
Galesburg Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3586N
Reported as
Piper J3C-65
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
59 total54 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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.

The aircraft was being hand propped when the engine started and the airplane jumped the chocks and contacted a "t" hanger.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING HAND PROPPED WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE AIRPLANE JUMPED THE CHOCKS AND CONTACTED A "T" HANGER.