- Date
- January 31, 1987, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeville, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N714QWCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870131001539A
- Case key
- 13583
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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
The student & instructor (CFI) were preflighting the acft to fly on a cold morning. To facilitate better eng starting, the CFI elected to turn the prop while the student 'pushed the primer in.' He told the student to check that the mag & master sws were off & the student acknowledged. On the 2nd 'turn through,' the eng started & ran aprx 5 sec. The CFI was initially clr of the prop, but as he was backing away, he slipped on ince & his rgt leg went in the path of the turning prop. He was hospitalized with a severe laceration & the prop was slightly bent. An inv revealed the student was at the controls with the keys removed from the mag sw. A further exam revealed the mag circuitry was normal, except the magneto key could be removed while the mag sw was in the 'left' position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714QW
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079360
- Airframe hours
- 3,758
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth Frizzell
- Registered owner
- Airlake Aero Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 17, 1986 · 70 hours before
- Airport
- Y12 · Airlake
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,052 total · 865 in this make and model · 3,836 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 7 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.