Piper PA-28-180 N9122J

Summary

On 26 September 1987 at about 14:15 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N9122J was involved in an accident near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 September 1987 at 14:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Green City

Coordinates

39.8906, -80.1791

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N9122J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87LA271

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT SAID HE FLOODED THE ENGINE OF THE PIPER PA-28-180 AND DECIDED TO PULL THE PROP THROUGH A COUPLE OF TIMES BY HAND. HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE HAD TURNED THE MAGS OFF, PULLED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUT-OFF, AND SET THE PARKING BRAKE. WHEN HE HAD PULLED THE PROP THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 1/4 OF A TURN, THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GET INTO THE COCKPIT AND STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM CROSSING THE TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY AND STRIKING SEVERAL SMALL TREES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.