- Date
- October 9, 1988, 09:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wrightstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N666GAAmerican AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881009045989A
- Case key
- 36319
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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 said that the battery ran low while he was attempting to start his acft. He said he hand-propped the eng for several minutes and when he became fatigued, the passenger, who is also a pilot, began to hand prop the eng. When the passenger turned the prop to position it horizontally, the eng fired and the prop struck the passenger.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N666GA
- Reported as
- American AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B-1136
- Airframe hours
- 1,995
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Waldo S.Steen
- Registered owner
- Waldo S. Steen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- WRI
- Destination
- WRI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- WRI · Mcguire Afb
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 341 total · 25 in this make and model · 35 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.