- Date
- November 10, 1991, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Faribault, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9296TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911110063099A
- Case key
- 15502
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper starting procedures and the passenger's inattentiveness. A related factor is the pilot's lack of supervision.
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 pilot reported he and a friend were preparing the pilot's airplane for a local flight. The airplane was dug out of a snow drift. The airplane's battery was too weak to start the engine, and the pilot elected to jump start the airplane using his car battery. The pilot entered the cockpit to start the engine and the (intended) passenger was seated in the automobile. Once the airplane engine was started, the passenger emerged from the car, and was struck in the left arm by the propeller as he attempted to remove the battery cables.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9296T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 78A0335
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Baron, James H.
- Registered owner
- Baron, James H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- FBL
- Destination
- FBL
- Airport
- FBL · Faribault Municipal
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 410 total · 225 in this make and model · 410 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.