- Date
- September 26, 1987, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesburg, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9122JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870926069329A
- Case key
- 30745
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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 pilot said he flooded the engine of the Piper PA-28-180 and decided to pull the prop through a couple of times by hand. He said he thought he had turned the mags off, pulled the mixture to idle cut-off, and set the parking brake. When he had pulled the prop through approximately 1/4 of a turn, the engine started and the pilot was unable to get into the cockpit and stop the aircraft from crossing the taxiway and runway and striking several small trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9122J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3619
- Airframe hours
- 3,717
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John W. Matway
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 21, 1986
- Airport
- Green City
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 983 total · 869 in this make and model · 853 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.