- Date
- March 26, 1984, 05:15 local (10:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tifton, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N86520Cessna 337E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840326017329A
- Case key
- 6429
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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 acft reportedly was not tied down. The plt was hand propping the aft engine while the forward engine was running. In an attempt to board the acft the pilot was run over by the right main gear. The acft continued to travel until it collided with trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86520
- Reported as
- Cessna 337E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33701219
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Noa Santamarina
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- WPB · West Palm Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TMA · Tifton
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 10° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABV, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.