- Date
- July 22, 1988, 04:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ephrata, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N33713Aeronca 65-LB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880722047569A
- Case key
- 40901
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 pilot set the parking brake, then hand-propped the aircraft. He did not tie the aircraft down nor was it chocked. Also, he momentarily left the aircraft unattended; at that time, it began moving & subsequently collided with a parked aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33713
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-LB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 65L-B12911
- Airframe hours
- 2,698
- Engine
- Lycoming O-145-A1, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rodney R. Peters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 8, 1988 · 118 hours before
- Destination
- WRG · Wrangell, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- WA22 · Euphrata Muni
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 227 total · 75 in this make and model · 173 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.