- Date
- May 17, 1992, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Carollton, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6105PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920517040799A
- Case key
- 11792
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate starting procedure.
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 attempted to hand prop the engine with his wife, a non-pilot, in the right front seat. He stated that he 'set the park brake' and exited the airplane. After the third attempt the airplane started. The pilot tried to stop the airplane by pushing against the leading edge of the right wing, but he was unsuccessful. The airplane accelerated across the ramp where it collided with another Piper airplane which struck a Cessna 172. According to the FAA flight training handbook, it is recommended that an engine never be 'hand propped'unless a qualified person thoroughly familiar with the operation of all the controls is seated at the controls and the brakes are set.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6105P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1203
- Airframe hours
- 2,770
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AIA, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Oliver Carman
- Registered owner
- William Oliver Carman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 11, 1991 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- IG8 · Toronto, OH
- Destination
- TSO · Tolson, OH
- Airport
- TSO · Tolson
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,878 total · 1,832 in this make and model · 1,666 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.