# Accident 20240227002949A: Piper PA-18A 150, The Dalles, OR, February 27, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2024, 09:36 local time
- Place: The Dalles, OR
- Airport: Columbia Gorge Regional/The Dalles
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6185° N, 121.1672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6185&lon=-121.1672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N518SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N518SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A 150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 193 total, 77 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240227002949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS MOVING PROPELLER BY HAND WHEN THE ENGINE APPARENTLY STARTED MOMENTARILY, STRIKING THE PILOT WHO SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES TO HIS ARM.

THE AIRMAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL FOR HIS INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE HAD A BROKEN PROPELLER BLADE.

## 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 WPR24LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA099), Feb 27, 2024: Piper PA-18A 150 (N518SW), Dallesport, WA, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to disengage the ignition prior to moving the propeller by hand resulting in the inadvertent starting 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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