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Pilot of a beech 95 lost control of aircraft when it jumped the chocks after hand propping the right engine due to a low battery. Unknown damage to aircraft and other property.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 458251 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199912 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : skx.airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sju.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Travelair 95 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 128 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 458251 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe excursion : ramp ground encounters other other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Became ill after landing. Elected to reposition aircraft to parking area in order to secure it for the night. Aircraft would not start due to low battery. Decided to chock and set emergency brake in order to hand propeller right engine. When engine started, the engine surged and jumped chocks.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A BEECH 95 LOST CTL OF ACFT WHEN IT JUMPED THE CHOCKS AFTER HAND PROPPING THE R ENG DUE TO A LOW BATTERY. UNKNOWN DAMAGE TO ACFT AND OTHER PROPERTY.
Narrative: BECAME ILL AFTER LNDG. ELECTED TO REPOSITION ACFT TO PARKING AREA IN ORDER TO SECURE IT FOR THE NIGHT. ACFT WOULD NOT START DUE TO LOW BATTERY. DECIDED TO CHOCK AND SET EMER BRAKE IN ORDER TO HAND PROP R ENG. WHEN ENG STARTED, THE ENG SURGED AND JUMPED CHOCKS.
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.