- Date
- May 17, 1987, 13:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Jeanette, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3886EAeronca 11AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870517082399A
- Case key
- 30651
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt put small chocks under the wheels, then began to hand prop the eng with no one at the controls. The eng started, & before the plt could reach the cockpit, the acft made svrl 360 deg turns & subsequently rolled into trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3886E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11AC-580
- Airframe hours
- 1,496
- Engine
- Continental A-65-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pittsburgh Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1986
- Airport
- AGL · Pittsburgh
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 539 total · 357 in this make and model · 508 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots, gusting 11
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.