- Date
- August 14, 1988, 02:15 local (07:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hoven, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5301ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880814032579A
- Case key
- 17527
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private plt and his wife were going to make a local flight in their airplane at 0215. The plt said he hand- propped the acft and moved to enter the cabin as the engine started. The acft began to move, and his wife pulled the parking brake lock, which released the parking brake. She was frightened and jumped clear of the acft. The plane taxied out of sight into the darkness. A post accident inspection by an FAA inspector provided evidence that the airplane taxied across a grass parking area, through a fence, onto a roadway embankment where it became airborne for a short distance, then struck the terrain and nosed over. The airplane came to rest with the tail leaning against a tree on an adjoining farm, 3/4 mi from it's starting point.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5301Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-9003
- Airframe hours
- 3,007
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Avler, Richard G
- Registered owner
- Abler, Richard G
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 17, 1988 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- SD22
- Destination
- SD22
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 23 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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