- Date
- June 22, 1988, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cotton Plant, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8644HGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880622022759A
- Case key
- 34593
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot did not adequately secure the aircraft prior to hand-propping the engine. The engine started and resulted in the aircraft taxiing without a pilot at the controls. The pilot-less aircraft impacted a utility pole causing substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8644H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1444
- Airframe hours
- 2,928
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- James Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 22, 1988 · 98 hours before
- Airport
- Davis, runway 18, 3,600 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 7,500 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 52 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8644H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.