# NTSB MKC88LA057: Morane-Saulnier F1-156C, N44FS, Pine Bluff, AR, February 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 27, 1988, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Pine Bluff, AR
- Coordinates: 34.178699, -91.936799 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1787&lon=-91.9368&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34544
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34544/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA057

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, standing - starting engine(s)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control friction lock - not used, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - tie down - not used, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44FS-2007-09-28), registration cancelled 2007-09-28, S/N 43, built 1944 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Morane-Saulnier F1-156C
- Registry model: [Morane-Saulnier FIESELER FI-156C](https://openairdocs.org/model/morane-saulnier-fieseler-fi-156c) (registry code 5910310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 43
- Airframe hours: 2258
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880227005239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880227005239A), Feb 27, 1988: Amtr F1156C, Pine Bluff, AR, Substantial damage. Started engine by hand propping. Throttle crept open,person holding a wing knocked down. Plane hit pole and hangar.

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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