- Date
- February 24, 1993, 16:48 local (Feb 25, 1993, 00:48 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N63978Beech C-99
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930224005322A
- Case key
- 42990
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Probable cause
The improper starting procedure by the pilot of the Aeronca. A factor contributing to the accident was inadequate communications by the pilot of the Aeronca.
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, having just landed his Aeronca on runway 31L, exited at the first taxiway and was cleared by ground control to his destination on the airport. No request by the Aeronca pilot was made as he approached and passed behind the Beech C-99 which was executing a runup at a hold short. As the Aeronca passed behind the Beech it spun around and its engine quit. The pilot of the Aeronca then radioed ground control that he had been spun around and ground control requested the Beech to 'come to idle' which was acknowledged. The pilot of the Aeronca then exited his aircraft to hand prop the engine. Once the engine started, the aircraft began taxiing without any occupants as the pilot had left the throttle in a position greater than idle. The Aeronca subsequently impacted the right rear quarter of the Beech.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63978
- Reported as
- Beech C-99
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U-171
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-36, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Ameriflight, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Precision Aircraft Lease, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- 75S · Burlington, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BFI · Boeing Field
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,830 total · 265 in this make and model · 3,730 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 18 °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.