- Date
- April 5, 1982, 05:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2765YBeech 95
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820405008189A
- Case key
- 69191
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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
It was dark and the temperature was about 20 degrees when the pilot and two passengers arrived at the plane. The pilot had started the right engine before the passengers arrived, but the left engine failed to start in the cold temperature. The pilot was recharging the batteries when the passengers arrived and got on board. However, they deplaned and observed from opposite sides as the pilot attempted another start. During the attempted start, the left engine backfired and a primer fire ensued. Shortly thereafter, the passenger on the left side proceeded to the right side. He was struck by the propeller as the pilot was moving both thottles to idle cut-off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2765Y
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD136
- Airframe hours
- 3,964
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Abc Flight Service, Inc
- Registered owner
- Abc Flight Service, Inc
- Departed
- PTK · Pontiac, MI
- Destination
- Covington, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PTK · Oakland-Pontiac Airport
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,400 total · 195 in this make and model · 3,700 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 0 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 0 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 32 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.