- Date
- March 27, 1988, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Muncie, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7725DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880327006759A
- Case key
- 14061
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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
When the pilot found that the battery would not start the aircraft, he elected to hand start it. His wife, a non-pilot passenger, was in the aircraft when it started. She attempted to close the throttle, however opened it and the aircraft began to move forward. The pilot was unable to reenter the moving aircraft and it struck a hangar and spun around before coming to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7725D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 225399
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jones, Buddie L. Sr
- Registered owner
- Buddie L. Jones Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 27, 1987
- Departed
- 7I2
- Destination
- DEC · Decatur, IL
- Airport
- 7I2 · Reese
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 347 total · 258 in this make and model · 302 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,100 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIE, 6 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.