- Date
- June 5, 1993, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kaplan, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6693QGrumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930605017439A
- Case key
- 18767
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to have the airplane properly attended during start when people were available. A factor was the inadequate tie down rope.
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
According to the pilot, he had tied down the tail wheel of the 6075 pound airplane with a piece of rope and was attempting to hand prop the engine. He further stated that the engine started slow at first and accelerated quickly. The rope broke and the airplane started moving under its own power. Another pilot on the ground was able to grab the right wing and the airplane yawed nose right. It subsequently collided with a hangar. The pilot stated he had performed this procedure 'thousands of times.'
Factual narrative
On June 5, 1993, at approximately 0845 central daylight time, a Grumman/Schweizer G-164B, N6693Q, was substantially damaged when it collided with a hangar after engine start at a private strip near Kaplan, Louisiana. The airplane was being hand propped by a commercial pilot in preparation for an aerial application flight. There was no flight plan filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area. Neither the pilot, nor a pilot bystander, who was involved, were injured.
According to the pilot, he had tied down the tail wheel with a piece of rope and was attempting to hand prop the engine. He further stated that the engine "started slow at first and then accelerated quickly." The rope broke and the 6075 pound airplane started moving under its own power. A pilot on the ground was able to grab the right wing and the airplane yawed nose right. It subsequently collided with a hangar. The pilot stated he had performed the procedure "thousands of times."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6693Q
- Reported as
- Grumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 212B
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ed & Alex Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- NONE · Broussard Strip
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
- 72
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 47,462 total · 27,075 in this make and model · 47,270 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 15 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6693Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.