- Date
- March 20, 1988, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Rutland, VT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8722MBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880320006149A
- Case key
- 36121
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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
Prior to leaving the aircraft to hand prop the engine, the pilot checked the throttle setting and set the brakes. He told his passenger (his wife) to pull back on the throttle when the engine started, however she was unable to do so and the aircraft began moving, turned right and collided with another aircraft. The pilot slipped and was knocked unconscious.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8722M
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,850
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond Tousignant
- Registered owner
- Raymond A Tousignant
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Rutland, VT
- Destination
- Plattsburgh, NY
- Airport
- RUT · Rutland State
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 905 total · 20 in this make and model · 905 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N8722M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.