- Date
- January 23, 1991, 21:00 local (Jan 24, 1991, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Celina, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8385SPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910123000939A
- Case key
- 36871
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's improper use of the powerplant controls, magnetos and brakes.
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 attempted to start the airplane engine with negative results. He exited the airplane without setting the parking brake, turning the magnetos off, and ensuring the throttle was in the idle position. The pilot attempted to turn the propeller by hand and the engine started. The airplane moved forward unattended, crossed a taxiway and collided with a hangar and a parked airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8385S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8106065
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- W. Bruce Kane
- Registered owner
- Muncia Aviation
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- AXV · Wapakoneta, OH
- Airport
- CQA · Lakefield, runway 26, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,418 total · 1 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N8385S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.