# Accident 20200215005689A: Macias Richard Sr RV8A, Columbus, MS, February 15, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2020, 07:00 local time
- Place: Columbus, MS
- Airport: Columbus-Lowndes County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4644° N, 88.3825° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4644&lon=-88.3825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7736T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7736T-2020-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Macias Richard SR RV8A (registry code 05617Z0, https://openairdocs.org/model/macias-richard-sr-rv8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MACIAS RICHARD SR RV8A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200215005689A

## Narrative

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

GROUND INCIDENT: DURING PRE-FLIGHT AND ENGINE START OPERATIONS, ENGINE STARTER DID NOT ENGAGE ENGINE, RESULTING IN A NO-START. PILOT TERMINATED START OPERATIONS/CHECKLIST, TURNED OFF POWERS/SWITCHES, SET PARKING BRAKE AND EXITED THE COCKPIT. PILOT BEGAN PROCEDURE TO SLOWLY TURN THE ENGINE THROUGH VIA A SLOW PROPELLER ROTATION, AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED. PARKING BRAKE HELD FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN RELEASED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR AFTER THE AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD. THE AIRFRAME STRUCK AN ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER BOX, WHICH CAUSED A FIRE AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ITS CONTENTS.

## 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 CEN20CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA087), Feb 15, 2020: Vans RV8 (N7736T), Columbus, MS, destroyed. Probable cause: The inadvertent engine start of the unoccupied airplane, which resulted in it moving forward and impacting a hangar and an electrical box.

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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