# NTSB MKC83FA061: Beech M35, N9708R, Cedar Rapids, IA, January 31, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 31, 1983, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Location: 41.8847° N, 91.7108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THE EASTERN IOWA (CID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8847&lon=-91.7108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33314
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83FA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33314/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA061

## Sequence of events

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

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - starting engine(s)
  - ignition system,magneto - loose (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT ENGINE FIRED AS THE PILOT HAND-PROPPED IT AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PILOT IN THE LEG. THE PILOT HAD TRIED THE STARTER BUT COULD NOT GET A START. HE TURNED THE SWITCHES OFF AND DECIDED TO PULL THE PROP THROUGH BY HAND. HE PULLED IT THROUGH BACKWARDS A FEW TIMES AND THEN TURNED IT IN THE NORMAL DIRECTION. THE ENGINE FIRED AND THE PROP STRUCKTHE PILOT'S LEG. THE MAGNETO SWITCH WAS FOUND TO HAVE PLAY IN IT BUT DID CUT OFF WHEN POSITIONED AS FAR LEFT AS POSSIBLE. IT WAS LEFT SLIGHTLY OUT OF DETENT BY THE PILOT AS DETERMINED BY MOVEMENT OF THE SWITCH TOWARD OFF AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9708R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9708R), registered now, S/N D-6269, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- Registry model: [Beech M35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (registry code 1151526) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-6269
- Airframe hours: 6899
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-L 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Wathan Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 3, 1982, 60 hours before
- Destination: OMA, OMAHA, NE
- Airport: CID, Cedar Rapids Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 398 total, 77 in this make and model, 277 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 14 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CID

## 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 19830131001869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830131001869A), Jan 31, 1983: Beech M35, Cedar Rapids, IA. Prop blade struck pilots leg when engine started during attempt to pull prop through. Mag was not turned off.

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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