# NTSB CHI86LA093: Beech C23, N5150M, Elkhart, IN, February 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 27, 1986, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Location: 41.7194° N, 86.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKHART MUNI (EKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7194&lon=-86.0032&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13429
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13429/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA093

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, standing - starting engine(s)
  - ignition system,magneto - engaged (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - misread, pilot in command (cause)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M2036
- Airframe hours: 1150
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860227005539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860227005539A), Feb 27, 1986: Beech C23, Elkhart, IN, Destroyed. Pilot left mags on both and pulled the propeller through. Engine started. Aircraft taxied into a hangar.

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.

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