SIPA 903, G-AXTO, 14 November 2005

SIPA 903, G-AXTO

Summary:

皇冠体育app aircraft owner was rotating the propeller by hand to introduce a priming charge into the cylinders when the engine started unexpectedly. 皇冠体育appre was no parking brake on the aircraft and chocks were not used. 皇冠体育app aircraft moved forwards, gathered pace, tore the supine owner鈥檚 clothing and yawed into a hangar where it hit other aircraft. Inside the hangar its propeller struck and injured a person who had seen the 鈥榬unaway鈥� aircraft coming towards him and had sought refuge there. One magneto must have been live to allow the engine to fire but the fault could not be traced. One safety recommendation was made to include propeller handling in the JAR PPL syllabus.

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