GA small transport rolled forward after engine start and hit a parked van.

Attributes
ACN	188634
Time
Date	199109
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fwa
State Reference	IN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 67 flight time total : 1834 flight time type : 67
ASRS Report	188634
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was sitting in the left seat of an small transport, receiving training in the type of aircraft. After starting the engines and unfeathering the propellers, the aircraft rolled forward and turned left hitting the nose cone into a parked van about 5 seconds later. Both pilots tried to stop the airplane with brakes with no luck. The brake accumulator had lost all pressure in the hydraulic system. The pilot (instructor) did not inform me or react with any corrective action. Thinking about the event afterwards, I feel that if we had reversed the propellers, or turned on the hydraulic pump momentarily before start-up of engines the incident could have been prevented. Also the instructor had been verbally giving me directions on start-up rather than using a written checklist which calls for the system pressure check before start-up. The combination of a brake system malfunction, not being totally familiar with the start-up procedures, and improper use of a checklist all contributed to a preventable incident. Luckily, no one was hurt and no substantial damage was done.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMT ROLLED FORWARD AFTER ENG START AND HIT A PARKED VAN.

Narrative: I WAS SITTING IN THE L SEAT OF AN SMT, RECEIVING TRAINING IN THE TYPE OF ACFT. AFTER STARTING THE ENGS AND UNFEATHERING THE PROPS, THE ACFT ROLLED FORWARD AND TURNED L HITTING THE NOSE CONE INTO A PARKED VAN ABOUT 5 SECS LATER. BOTH PLTS TRIED TO STOP THE AIRPLANE WITH BRAKES WITH NO LUCK. THE BRAKE ACCUMULATOR HAD LOST ALL PRESSURE IN THE HYD SYS. THE PLT (INSTRUCTOR) DID NOT INFORM ME OR REACT WITH ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION. THINKING ABOUT THE EVENT AFTERWARDS, I FEEL THAT IF WE HAD REVERSED THE PROPS, OR TURNED ON THE HYD PUMP MOMENTARILY BEFORE START-UP OF ENGS THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. ALSO THE INSTRUCTOR HAD BEEN VERBALLY GIVING ME DIRECTIONS ON START-UP RATHER THAN USING A WRITTEN CHKLIST WHICH CALLS FOR THE SYS PRESSURE CHK BEFORE START-UP. THE COMBINATION OF A BRAKE SYS MALFUNCTION, NOT BEING TOTALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE START-UP PROCS, AND IMPROPER USE OF A CHKLIST ALL CONTRIBUTED TO A PREVENTABLE INCIDENT. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS HURT AND NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS DONE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.