- Date
- September 1, 1985, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mankato, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1450RBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850901042159A
- Case key
- 13201
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Safety system(other) - failure,totalFactor
Aircraft unattended/engine(s) running - inadvertentCause
Improper use of procedureCause
Judgment - poor
Analysis
The plt of this acft attempted to start the eng twice with acft battery and a ground pwr unit without success. He then tied the tail down with a rope and had started the eng. After the eng started, the tie down rope broke and the acft taxied by itself into another acft which was parked a short distance away.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1450R
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E989
- Airframe hours
- 2,052
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Ritchie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 24, 1985 · 180 hours before
- Airport
- MKT · Mankato Municipal
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total · 100 in this make and model · 2,550 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 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.