# NTSB SEA87LA167: Luscombe 8A, N2507K, Juneau, AK, August 17, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 17, 1987, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Coordinates: 58.579025, -134.769348 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5790&lon=-134.7693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40677
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40677/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA167

## 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 - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2507K-1993-01-14), registration cancelled 1993-01-14, S/N 5234 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Registry model: [Luscombe 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (registry code 8190104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5234
- Airframe hours: 2356
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870817045739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870817045739A), Aug 17, 1987: Luscom 8A, Juneau, AK, Substantial damage. Hand propped aircraft with full throttle. Engine started. Aircraft jumped chocks and ran into a parked aircraft.

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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