NTSB Identification: ANC84LA060.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 24582.
Accident occurred Thursday, May 03, 1984 in TALKEETNA, AK
Aircraft: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D, registration: N95120
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE PLT WAS REPOSITIONING THE ACFT FROM A PRIVATE STRIP NEAR PALMER, AK, TO HIS PROPERTY NEAR TALKEETNA, AK. AFTER STOPPING AT THE TALKEETNA ARPT, HE WAS HAND PROPPING THE ACFT WHEN THE ENG STARTED & THE ACFT BEGAN MOVING. THE PLT TRIED TO TURN OFF THE MAGS, BUT COULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE WING. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH 2 OTHER ACFT, THEN NOSED OVER. BOTH OF THE OTHER ACFT (A TAYLORCRAFT, N40558, & A PIPER PA-18, N160HP) WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
PROPER ASSISTANCE..NOT OBTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
STARTING PROCEDURE..IMPROPER..PILOT IN COMMAND
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