Pilot of small aircraft hand propping with 14 yr old standing at door has runaway aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	270897
Time
Date	199405
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Cessna 140
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 30000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	270897
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was hand propping our C-140 with my 14 yr old grandson standing at/in the right door manipulating the throttle. It got away, damaged 2 other aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF SMA HAND PROPPING WITH 14 YR OLD STANDING AT DOOR HAS RUNAWAY ACFT.

Narrative: I WAS HAND PROPPING OUR C-140 WITH MY 14 YR OLD GRANDSON STANDING AT/IN THE R DOOR MANIPULATING THE THROTTLE. IT GOT AWAY, DAMAGED 2 OTHER ACFT.

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.