# Accident 20170617011199A: Aeronca 65-CA, Mt Vernon, OH, June 17, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2017, 13:34 local time
- Place: Mt Vernon, OH
- Airport: Wyncoop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3653° N, 82.4953° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3653&lon=-82.4953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33778, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33778-2024-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-CA (registry code 0190922, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-ca) (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-CA
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 678 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA234) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170617011199A

## Narrative

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

LARRY L. HOOVER HAD FLOWN HIS PLANE TO WYNKOOP AIRPORT TO VISIT WITH FRIENDS. HE WAS TRYING TO START THE PLANE HE HAD PILOTED TO THE WYNKOOP AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE OWNER OF THE AIRPORT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MR. HOOVER INTENDED TO RETURN TO HIS HOME IN MILLERSPORT, OHIO. THE PILOT WAS TRYING TO MANUALLY (HAND PROP)START HIS PLANE BY TURNING THE PROPELLER. MR. HOOVER TIED THE PLANE TO A QUADRUNNER (ATV) USING A NYLON

ROPE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS INSIDE THE HANGER WHEN MR. HOOVER WAS TRYING TO START THE PLANE.

MR. HOOVER GOT THE PLANE TO START. THE THROTTLE WAS APPARENTLY SET AT A HIGHER RPM DUE TO AN ISSUE STARTING IT. THE PLANE DOES NOT HAVE BRAKES, THUS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED THE FORCE CAUSED THE ROPE TO BREAK AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED GOING IN CIRCLES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HEARD THE PLANE START AND QUICKLY CAME OUTSIDE. HE SAW MR. HOOVER TRYING TO

STOP THE PLANE WHICH WAS TAXING IN CIRCLES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN JOINED HIM IN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE

PLANE. AT SOME POINT THE PLANE RAN INTO MR. HOOVER AND STRUCK HIM WITH THE PROPELLER. THE PLANE CONTINUED CIRCLING AND APPARENLTY RAN OVER MR. HOOVER TWO TIMES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ALSO KNOCKED OVER BY THE PLANE BUT WAS UNINJURED. THE PLANE EVENTUALLY MOVED FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CIRCLED SOME MORE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ON ITS OWN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN17LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA234), Jun 17, 2017: Aeronca 65 CA (N33778), Mount Vernon, OH, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper starting procedure before hand propping the engine, and his subsequent attempt to stop the moving airplane, which resulted in him being struck by the propeller.

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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