# NTSB DEN88LA183: Piper PA-22-108, N5301Z, Hoven, SD, August 14, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1988, 02:15 local (07:15 UTC)
- Place: Hoven, SD
- Coordinates: 45.239807, -99.770652 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2398&lon=-99.7707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 2, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17527
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA183
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17527/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA183

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, standing - starting engine(s)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - passenger briefing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,parking brake - unlocked (contributing factor)
  - control interference - inadvertent, passenger (cause)
- Nose over, taxi
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5301Z-1990-01-19), registration cancelled 1990-01-19, S/N 229003 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-108
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-108](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (registry code 7102204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-9003
- Airframe hours: 3007
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880814032579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880814032579A), Aug 14, 1988: Piper PA22108, Hoven, SD, Substantial damage. Engine hand started with brake on. Plane moved, wife released brake. Aircraft ran almost a mile before nosing over.

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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