# NTSB CHI87LA007: Beech BE-23, N6997Q, Lake Village, IN, October 21, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 21, 1986, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Lake Village, IN
- Coordinates: 41.119876, -87.449356 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1199&lon=-87.4494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13680
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13680/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA007

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, standing - engine(s) operating
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - utility pole

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT WOULD NOT START SO HE APPLIED THE ACFT HAND BRAKE AND PROCEEDED TO HAND PROP THE ACFT WITH NO ONE ABOARD. WHILE HAND PROPPING THE ACFT, THE ENGINE FIRED AND THE HAND BRAKE DID NOT HOLD. AS THE PLT WALKED AROUND THE RIGHT WING, THE ACFT BEGAN MOVING TOWARD A TELEPHONE POLE AND THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO BOARD THE ACFT. THE ACFT THEN IMPACTED THE TELEPHONE POLE AND CAME TO REST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6997Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6997Q-1989-03-15), registration cancelled 1989-03-15, S/N M1104 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE-23
- Registry model: [Beech B23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (registry code 1151240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-1104
- Airframe hours: 2506
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A2G 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Melvin M. Young
- Registered owner: Melvin M. Young
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 14, 1986, 54 hours before
- Destination: 3HA, LANSING, IL
- Airport: C98, Lake Village Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,500 total, 75 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 24 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GYY, 28 nm away

## 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 19861021049519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861021049519A), Oct 21, 1986: Beech 23BEECH, Lake Village, IN, Substantial damage. The pilot hand propped the engine without assistance and did not chock or tie down aircraft. Aircraft struck a pole

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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