# Incident 20210823013919I: David B Dunlop MURPHY REBEL, Burlington, WA, August 23, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2021, 17:40 local time
- Place: Burlington, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4644° N, 122.3313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4644&lon=-122.3313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N309D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N309D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: David B Dunlop MURPHY REBEL (registry code 05634ZR, https://openairdocs.org/model/david-b-dunlop-murphy-rebel) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320 series (registry code 42389, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DAVID B DUNLOP MURPHY REBEL
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,435 total, 150 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210823013919I

## Narrative

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

UPON PREPARING FOR FLIGHT, THE PIC DISCOVERED THE AIRCRAFT?S MAIN BATTERY DEAD.  PIC ELECTED TO HAND PROP THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WINGS WERE TETHERED DOWN TO SECURE AIRCRAFT DURING HAND PROP.  TAIL WHEEL WAS NOT TETHERED DOWN.

THE PIC PERFORMED THE HAND PROPPING WHILE CO-PILOT WAS SITTING RIGHT SEAT AT THE CONTROLS IN THE COCKPIT WITH THE BRAKES SET.  WHEN THE ENGINE DID NOT START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE ENGINE WAS PRIMED FURTHER.  COPILOT STATED THE PIC REACHED IN THE COCKPIT AND PUMPED THE THROTTLE.

THE PIC ATTEMPTED ANOTHER HAND PROP AND ENGINE STARTED.  THE TAIL IMMEDIATELY ROSE UP AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND DESTROYING IT.

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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