- Date
- June 20, 1990, 06:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4034BBellanca BL26
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900620021559A
- Case key
- 26845
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Probable cause
The pilot's use of an improper starting technique.
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 pilot reported that during the preflight of the aircraft he discovered that the battery was dead. The pilot said that he set the brakes and then began to hand prop the aircraft in order to achieve an engine start. The engine started and reportedly went to a high power setting. The aircraft jumped the chocks and collided with a parked aircraft, a light pole and then a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4034B
- Reported as
- Bellanca BL26
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-30790
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-K, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marc S. Walker
- Departed
- SNA
- Destination
- LAX · Los Angeles, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SNA · Orange Co
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 580 total · 320 in this make and model · 35 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Observed at
- SNA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.