Aeronca chief pilot lost control of aircraft after starting the engine by hand propping resulting in the aircraft jumping the wheel chocks and coming to stop in an adjacent field. The aircraft's landing gear collapsed and the engine stopped when the propeller struck the ground. It did not become airborne.

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Attributes
ACN	533740
Time
Date	200112
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : h49.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Bellanca Aircraft Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi ground : parked landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 23 flight time total : 402 flight time type : 15
ASRS Report	533740
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

At approximately XA20 after landing on runway 3 at sackman field, the engine on the chief quit during the rollout. I was close to the taxiway entrance, so I got out of the airplane and pulled it off the runway onto the taxiway. My intention was to restart the engine to taxi it back to the hangar. After reaching the taxiway, I chocked the wheels on both sides, but did not tie down the tail as there was nothing to tie it to in the area. The first time I spun the propeller, the engine did not catch, so I went back to the cockpit, gave it 1 shot of prime and cracked the throttle slightly. I then went back to the front of the plane and threw the propeller again. The engine caught and the plane slowly began to move forward. I was unable to reach the cockpit in time to retard the throttle before the plane went over the chocks and got away from me. It came to rest in the adjacent field. It did not leave the ground, but spun around in several circles until the landing gear collapsed and the engine stopped.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AERONCA CHIEF PLT LOST CTL OF ACFT AFTER STARTING THE ENG BY HAND PROPPING RESULTING IN THE ACFT JUMPING THE WHEEL CHOCKS AND COMING TO STOP IN AN ADJACENT FIELD. THE ACFT'S LNDG GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ENG STOPPED WHEN THE PROP STRUCK THE GND. IT DID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE.

Narrative: AT APPROX XA20 AFTER LNDG ON RWY 3 AT SACKMAN FIELD, THE ENG ON THE CHIEF QUIT DURING THE ROLLOUT. I WAS CLOSE TO THE TXWY ENTRANCE, SO I GOT OUT OF THE AIRPLANE AND PULLED IT OFF THE RWY ONTO THE TXWY. MY INTENTION WAS TO RESTART THE ENG TO TAXI IT BACK TO THE HANGAR. AFTER REACHING THE TXWY, I CHOCKED THE WHEELS ON BOTH SIDES, BUT DID NOT TIE DOWN THE TAIL AS THERE WAS NOTHING TO TIE IT TO IN THE AREA. THE FIRST TIME I SPUN THE PROP, THE ENG DID NOT CATCH, SO I WENT BACK TO THE COCKPIT, GAVE IT 1 SHOT OF PRIME AND CRACKED THE THROTTLE SLIGHTLY. I THEN WENT BACK TO THE FRONT OF THE PLANE AND THREW THE PROP AGAIN. THE ENG CAUGHT AND THE PLANE SLOWLY BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. I WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE COCKPIT IN TIME TO RETARD THE THROTTLE BEFORE THE PLANE WENT OVER THE CHOCKS AND GOT AWAY FROM ME. IT CAME TO REST IN THE ADJACENT FIELD. IT DID NOT LEAVE THE GND, BUT SPUN AROUND IN SEVERAL CIRCLES UNTIL THE LNDG GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ENG STOPPED.

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.