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Luscombe 8A pilot reported the aircraft got away from him during a hand prop exercise with an instructor; striking a truck and another aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1002126 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201203 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 2 Flight Crew Total 747 Flight Crew Type 231 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
Hand-propped aircraft was started with throttle fully advanced; and no one in cockpit. Traveled approximately 10-15 ft collided with a parked truck. The right wing also contacted the tip of the vertical stabilizer on a nearby aircraft. Damage: truck -- side of body received impact damage; tire punctured by prop tip; flat 'topper' punctured by prop tip. Other aircraft -- broken vertical stab attach bracket; dented tip on vertical stab. Accident aircraft -- bent prop; bent motor mount; dented cowl; 1 bent wing rib.details: I was being instructed on how to prop this airplane. First attempt resulted in flooded carburetor. Per procedure; magnetos were shut off; throttle advanced to full; and prop turned backwards 8 blades. Then magnetos on; throttle retarded to idle; except that after magnetos on and just about to retard throttle; another vehicle appeared and was insistent that he would drive around the plane. There was insufficient room; so trotted off to turn him around and forgot that the throttle was still advanced. Plane jumped chocks; we were able to pull throttle back; but it was still moving and spinning down to idle when it hit truck.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Luscombe 8A pilot reported the aircraft got away from him during a hand prop exercise with an instructor; striking a truck and another aircraft.
Narrative: Hand-propped aircraft was started with throttle fully advanced; and no one in cockpit. Traveled approximately 10-15 FT collided with a parked truck. The right wing also contacted the tip of the vertical stabilizer on a nearby aircraft. Damage: Truck -- Side of body received impact damage; tire punctured by prop tip; flat 'topper' punctured by prop tip. Other aircraft -- broken vertical stab attach bracket; dented tip on vertical stab. Accident aircraft -- bent prop; bent motor mount; dented cowl; 1 bent wing rib.Details: I was being instructed on how to prop this airplane. First attempt resulted in flooded carburetor. Per procedure; magnetos were shut off; throttle advanced to full; and prop turned backwards 8 blades. Then magnetos on; throttle retarded to idle; except that after magnetos on and just about to retard throttle; another vehicle appeared and was insistent that he would drive around the plane. There was insufficient room; so trotted off to turn him around and forgot that the throttle was still advanced. Plane jumped chocks; we were able to pull throttle back; but it was still moving and spinning down to idle when it hit truck.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.