- Date
- July 6, 1987, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cambridge, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5775VBeech A23-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870706032559A
- Case key
- 11327
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
When the aircraft failed to start the pilot set the throttle, insured the aircraft was tied down and attempted to start the aircraft by hand propping. The aircraft started immediately, broke both tie-down ropes, traveled across the field into a ditch and substaned substantial damage. The tie-down ropes were made of polypropylene and had weakened with yearsof exposure to the sun. They have been replaced with nylon 3/8 inch tie-down ropes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5775V
- Reported as
- Beech A23-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB49
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Herman Albert Schulteis
- Registered owner
- Herman Albert Schlilties
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- Gettysburg, PA
- Airport
- CGE · Cambridge-Dorchester, runway 34, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 600 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 49 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.
Other investigations on N5775V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.