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Runaway aircraft on hand propeller start hits propeller after crossing closed runway. Aircraft damaged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 245444 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : abq |
| State Reference | NM |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 12 flight time total : 960 flight time type : 110 |
| ASRS Report | 245444 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Hand propped aircraft. Aircraft was chocked, however, brakes were not set properly. After engine started, aircraft proceeded across taxiway and into grass. It then pitched nose up and hit propeller on ground. Aircraft stopped nose up on other side of closed runway. Minor damage to airframe, propeller damaged. Aircraft is a pusher. In retrospect, an additional person should have been present.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RUNAWAY ACFT ON HAND PROP START HITS PROP AFTER XING CLOSED RWY. ACFT DAMAGED.
Narrative: HAND PROPPED ACFT. ACFT WAS CHOCKED, HOWEVER, BRAKES WERE NOT SET PROPERLY. AFTER ENG STARTED, ACFT PROCEEDED ACROSS TXWY AND INTO GRASS. IT THEN PITCHED NOSE UP AND HIT PROP ON GND. ACFT STOPPED NOSE UP ON OTHER SIDE OF CLOSED RWY. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME, PROP DAMAGED. ACFT IS A PUSHER. IN RETROSPECT, AN ADDITIONAL PERSON SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENT.
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.