# NTSB NYC88LA111: Beech 23, N8722M, Rutland, VT, March 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 20, 1988, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Rutland, VT
- Location: 43.5297° N, 72.9496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RUTLAND/SOUTHERN VERMONT RGNL (RUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5297&lon=-72.9496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36121
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36121/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA111

## 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 - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - aircraft parked/standing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8722M-2005-11-02), registration cancelled 2005-11-02, S/N M-511, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Registry model: [Beech 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (registry code 1151202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 1850
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880320006149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880320006149A), Mar 20, 1988: Beech 23BEECH, Rutland, VT, Substantial damage. Hand propped engine started. Pilots wife unable to close throttle. Pilot knocked down. Aircraft hit parked aircraft

## Other investigations on N8722M (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC75FNC25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FNC25), Mar 9, 1975: Beech 23 (N8722M), Manchester, NH, substantial damage

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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