# NTSB MIA80DLA16: Piper PA-23, N5243Y, Bunnell, FL, February 21, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 21, 1980
- Place: Bunnell, FL · BUNNELL, FL
- Location: 29.4661° N, 81.2578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bunnell, FL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4661&lon=-81.2578&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 1, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131797
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA80DLA16
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLA16

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0306  80/2/21    BUNNELL,FL          PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1800                    N5243Y              PX-  0  0  0  DEMONSTRATION             AGE 55, 2378 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            401 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FLAGLER COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BUNNELL,FL                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TIEDOWN LINES SNAPPED
        REMARKS- PLT SPUN LT PROP TO START ENG,TIEDOWN BROKE,ACFT COL W PARKED AERO COMDR,N263X,SUB DMG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5243Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5243Y-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N 23-1706, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (registry code 7102304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Flagler County

## 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 19800221003859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800221003859A), Feb 21, 1980: Piper PA23160, Bunnell, FL, Substantial damage. Hand-propped left engine with tail tied. Engine started. Tail rope broke. Airplane hit parked aircraft.

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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