Piper PA-22-135 N1213C

Summary

On 25 February 2012 at about 15:30 local time, a Piper PA-22-135 registered N1213C was involved in an accident near Hebron, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 February 2012 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hebron, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Hebron Municipal Airport (HJH)

Coordinates

40.1522, -97.5869

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-135

Registration

N1213C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hebron → Concordia

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12CA173

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s did not properly secure the airplane prior to rotating the propeller by hand, resulting in inadvertent movement of the airplane and collision with a building.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he could not start the airplane's engine using the electric starter, so he elected to turn the propeller by hand to start the engine (hand-propping). He stated that when the engine started, the airplane's parking brake did not hold and that the airplane began to roll. He was unable to open the door to reduce the throttle setting, and the airplane subsequently struck a building. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing, the fuselage structure near the firewall, and the engine mount structure.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.