- Date
- March 5, 1985, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4757HMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850305026619A
- Case key
- 6600
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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 plt was attempting to disengage the starter pinion gear by rocking the prop up & down by hand. The eng inadvertently started & the acft rolled across the ramp at a high rate of speed & collided with two automobiles & a chain link fence before coming to rest. A witness observed the mags & the master switch in the both & on positions respectively. Two passengers were seated in the back seats.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4757H
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0838
- Airframe hours
- 990
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wesley E. Park
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1984 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- VNC · Venice, FL
- Airport
- CHA · Lovell
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,912 total · 620 in this make and model · 1,828 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.