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SEA87LA167

1987-08-17 · JUNEAU, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport JNU

N2507K has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AERO COMMANDER 100, built 1968), which was not involved in this event.

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Factual narrative

DUE TO A LOW BATTERY CHARGE, THE PLT ELECTED TO HAND PROP THE ACFT TO START THE ENG. HE RPRTD THE ENG BECAME FLOODED, SO HE SHUT OFF THE MAGS & OPENED THE THROTTLE, TO CLEAR THE ENG WHILE HAND TURNING THE PROP. HE THEN TURNED ON THE MASTER SW & MAGS, BUT FAILED TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE. SUBSEQUENTLY, WHILE HAND PROPPING WITH NO ONE AT THE CTLS, THE ENG STARTED & THE ACFT JUMPED THE CHOCKS & STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED PLANE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_SEA87LA167.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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