- Date
- April 7, 1984, 08:09 local (15:09 UTC)
- Place
- Ogden, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2940TPiper PA-28-236
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840407008809A
- Case key
- 16361
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Proper assistance - not attainedCause
Judgment - poorCause
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Starting procedure - improperCause
Parking brakes - not usedCause
Analysis
The plt got out of the acft to check the starter solenoid by turning the propeller. He left the mags on and the brakes off. When the prop was turned the acft started and collided with a parked acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2940T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-236
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7911254
- Airframe hours
- 9,349
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard W. Barton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1983
- Airport
- OGD · Ogden Municipal
N2940TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-236Airframe modelPiper PA-28-236Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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
- 19
- Flight hours
- 5 total · 5 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 130 in the last 30 days · 131 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OGD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.