# NTSB CHI85LA362: Beech A36, N1450R, Mankato, MN, September 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 1, 1985, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Mankato, MN
- Location: 44.2228° N, 93.9193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANKATO RGNL (MKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2228&lon=-93.9193&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13201
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA362
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13201/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA362

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - safety system(other) - failure,total (contributing factor)
  - aircraft unattended/engine(s) running - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - improper use of procedure, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E989
- Airframe hours: 2052
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 57; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850901042159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850901042159A), Sep 1, 1985: Beech A36, Mankato, MN, Substantial damage. Hand propped unoccupied aircraft. Engine started and tail rope broke. Aircraft ran into a parked aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.