- Date
- November 15, 1988, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dublin, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N88054Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881115050789A
- Case key
- 11485
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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 pilot was attempting to hand prop his acft without any assistance. He stated he chocked both the front and back of the right main gear. After several unsuccessful attempts the engine finally started. The acft ran at what the pilot described as sounding like full power. While the pilot attempted to get inside the acft, it jumped over the chocks and began to move. The pilot grabbed the wing strut to turn the acft so it would not contact a seneca parked on the ramp. The pilot stated he then let go when it appeared the acft would travel toward the rwy and not the ramp. The left wing of the acft contacted the fuel pumps and swung around hitting the plt. The acft then turned toward the ramp where it contacted a parked Cessna 172 and a chain link fence before coming to a stop. The pilot reported that the magnetos and fuel selector were on but the throttle was at idle when the engine started.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88054
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15667
- Airframe hours
- 2,140
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joe E. Mcglothlin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1988 · 46 hours before
- Airport
- PSK · New River Valley
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 17,900 total · 450 in this make and model · 17,900 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.