- Date
- February 11, 1983, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Plainview, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1264RBellanca 14-19-3A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830211003559A
- Case key
- 20805
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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
The flt reported that the battery was too low to start the engine. A 72 yr old ex-pilot offered to hand prop the plane, but after trying, he then offered to hold the brakes. With the ex-pilot at the controls & holding the brakes, the plt began to hand prop the acft. On the first pull, the engine started & went to full power, the plt tried to stop the plane by grabbing the wing tip, but was unable, and it started across the airport at full power. The acft hit a hangar, 2 cars & an upholstery shop. The ex-pilot reported that when the engine started, the brakes would not hold the aircraft at full power & he could not pull the throttle out. He reported that he did not know that he had to depress a release on the end of the throttle in order to pull the throttle aft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1264R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19-3A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4326
- Airframe hours
- 492
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jess West
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 28, 1982 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- PVW · Male County
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 624 total · 25 in this make and model · 548 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.