- Date
- February 27, 1986, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elkhart, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5150MBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860227005539A
- Case key
- 13429
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Ignition system,magneto - engagedFactor
Procedures/directives - misreadCause
Starting procedure - improperCause
Diverted attentionFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
The plt was unable to start the acft eng and got out to pull the prop through by hand. The magneto switch had been left in the both position and the eng started as the passenger primed the eng while the plt pulled the prop through. The plt was unable to stop the acft by holding the wing. The acft was destroyed when it taxied into a hangar wall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5150M
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M2036
- Airframe hours
- 1,150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Continental Industries, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 11, 1985 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- EKM · Elkhart, IN
- Airport
- EKM · Elkhart Muni
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 262 total · 70 in this make and model · 154 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EKM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.