# NTSB SEA88LA194: Aeronca 65-LB, N33713, Ephrata, WA, July 22, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1988, 04:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place: Ephrata, WA
- Coordinates: 47.269355, -119.590408 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2694&lon=-119.5904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40901
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40901/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA194

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, standing - engine(s) operating
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft unattended/engine(s) running, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33713), registered now, S/N LB12911, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 65-LB
- Registry model: [Aeronca 65-LB](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-lb) (registry code 0190932) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-145B series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (registry code 41502, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 65L-B12911
- Airframe hours: 2698
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880722047569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880722047569A), Jul 22, 1988: Trytek 65LB, Ephrata, WA, Substantial damage. Hand started engine then walked away. Engine power over came parking brake and plane taxied into a parked bonanza.

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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