- Date
- June 28, 1989, 17:50 local (Jun 29, 1989, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5302WPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890628018419A
- Case key
- 5212
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to obtain proper assistance in starting the engine and/or his inadequate supervision. The passenger's lack of familiarity with the aircraft resulted in her improper use of the throttle which contributed to the accident.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt was hand propping his acft while his wife, who was not a plt, was at the controls. When the eng started, she tried to follow his instructions to 'throttle down,' but increased the throttle setting, instead of decreasing it. She was unable to control the acft or shut down the eng before the acft crashed into a parked airplane. Both acft were substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5302W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-353
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Goforth, Aaron G.
- Registered owner
- Aaron G Goforth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- ENA
- Airport
- ENA · Kenai
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 370 total · 167 in this make and model · 329 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ENA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.