- Date
- February 27, 1988, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pine Bluff, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N44FSMorane-Saulnier F1-156C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880227005239A
- Case key
- 34544
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot, while hand-propping the acft for a personal flt, started the engine. The cockpit was unattended. He was assisted by two ground crewmembers that were holding onto the wing struts. After starting, the engine progressively developed more power, and the ground crew was unable to stop the acft's fwd movement. The acft struck a light post, then a hangar door. One ground assistant fell while trying to restrain the acft and suffered minor injuries. The plt said he neglected to secure the engine's throttle friction lock.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44FS
- Reported as
- Morane-Saulnier F1-156C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 43
- Airframe hours
- 2,258
- Engine
- Argus AS-10E, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mystic Marketing Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 13, 1988 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- 84F · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- New Orleans, LA
- Airport
- PBF · Grider, runway 17, 5,998 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,812 total · 63 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.