On March 14, 1988, a Cessna 172B (registration N7609X) operated by Arnold O. Hopland was involved in an aviation accident near Elizabethton, TN. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: The pilot's decision to hand-prop the engine while the aircraft was not adequately secured, which resulted in the aircraft breaking loose and striking another aircraft. This summary draws on records from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) historical archive.
A pilot was injured when an aircraft broke loose from its tie-downs during a hand-prop engine start and struck a nearby floatplane.
The pilot elected to start the engine by hand-propping the propeller due to a low battery charge. This procedure was necessary to program the Loran navigation system for a later flight. The aircraft was secured with tie-downs at the tail and the left wing.
After the engine started, the tie-down at the tail pulled loose. The aircraft then moved around the remaining left wing tie-down. Subsequently, it hit a nearby floatplane.
The pilot's decision to hand-prop the engine while the aircraft was not adequately secured, which resulted in the aircraft breaking loose and striking another aircraft.
A pilot was injured when an aircraft broke loose from its tie-downs during a hand-prop engine start and struck a nearby floatplane.
The accident on 14 Mar 1988 involved a Cessna 172B, registration N7609X, operated by Arnold O. Hopland, at Elizabethton, TN.
The pilot's decision to hand-prop the engine while the aircraft was not adequately secured, which resulted in the aircraft breaking loose and striking another aircraft.
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