- Date
- June 3, 1989, 15:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Cashmere, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6061NBeech 19A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890603015129A
- Case key
- 41026
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Probable cause
The pilot used poor starting procedures. The airplane was inadequately secured resulting in a collision with an object when the airplane broke free of the tiedown ropes.
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
At the beginning of a flight, the airplane battery was dead so the pilot decided to hand prop the engine. The pilot positioned the throttle to what he thought was idle and thought he applied the hand brake. During the hand propping, the engine started. The airplane travelled forward, breaking the left tiedown rope. The pilot was unable to board the airplane as it was pivoting to the right. The right tiedown rope broke and the airplane travelled approximately 50 feet before colliding with a pole and an unoccupied mobile home.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6061N
- Reported as
- Beech 19A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB 385
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chrisenberry, Harold
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- 852 · Cashmere
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 228 total · 228 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 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.