- Date
- December 15, 1990, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8696QBeech 35-C33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901215056519A
- Case key
- 36862
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Probable cause
The improper starting procedure used by the pilot.
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 was preparing for a personal flight when the accident occurred. He had accomplished his checklist up to the engine start procedure when the starter system appeared to be malfunctioning. The nose landing gear was chocked, the brakes were not set, the throttle was about one inch, and the electrical switches were off. He turned the propeller counter clockwise, two separate times to see if another place on the flywheel would make a diference. On his way back to the cabin, the engine coughed and started inadvertently, jumped the chock and taxied across the airport faster than he could run and catch it. It hit a runway light, ran over a chain link fence, and hit trees before it stopped. The airplane was substantially damaged. The starter system was not tested post crash.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8696Q
- Reported as
- Beech 35-C33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD938
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- W Kearney & L Currell/Sam Max
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1990 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- CON · Concord
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 612 total · 36 in this make and model · 493 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CON
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.