- Date
- August 17, 1987, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Juneau, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2507KLuscombe 8A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870817045739A
- Case key
- 40677
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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
Due to a low battery charge, the plt elected to hand prop the acft to start the eng. He rprtd the eng became flooded, so he shut off the mags & opened the throttle, to clear the eng while hand turning the prop. He then turned on the master sw & mags, but failed to close the throttle. Subsequently, while hand propping with no one at the ctls, the eng started & the acft jumped the chocks & struck an unoccupied plane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2507K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5234
- Airframe hours
- 2,356
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terence L. Mallett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- SIT · Sitka, AK
- Airport
- JNU · Juneau Int'L
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 930 total · 12 in this make and model · 905 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.