Hand propping a plane gone wrong - GIF

[Jon]

Hand propping a plane gone wrong.



The great thing about seeing this stuff on the net (not great if it's your plane!) is that you can enter the tail number into a search engine for more details. Here's the NTSB report on this incident: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/Re...Final&IType=CA

What happened here? No surprise - the parking brake probably wasn't sufficiently set. More broadly, one person attempted a two-person procedure. The NTSB report cited the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook:

An engine should not be hand propped unless two people, both familiar with the airplane and
hand propping techniques, are available to perform the procedure. The person pulling the
propeller blades through directs all activity and is in charge of the procedure. The other
person, thoroughly familiar with the controls, must be seated in the airplane with the brakes
set. As an additional precaution, chocks may be placed in front of the main wheels. If this is
not feasible, the airplane's tail may be securely tied. Never allow a person unfamiliar with the
controls to occupy the pilot's seat when hand propping. The procedure should never be
attempted alone.

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Tree-assisted plane landing - GIF
Suspended cable runway for airplane takeoff and landing - GIFs and video
Tiger Moth biplane hits cow on landing
wing snaps off plane, whole-plane parachute deploys safely
Microburst causes planes to takeoff by themselves - video
Float plane taking off from pickup truck GIF

[WorkerB]

And there WAS a second person there. Not exactly clear what he/she? was doing though

[marksbug]

there are some things you cant fix..... stupid is one of them., no brake, no chalks, no brains.and first run left then go back right so you can slice and dice with the prop....what a moron. I also assume he had the throttle wot......no you can not fix stupid.