NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA88LA075
Registry · N98028
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER J3C-65
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19590107
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADADE3
Registrant of record
BRYANT DALE E
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PILOT HAD NOT FLOWN FOR OVER FIVE YEARS AND WAS DOING MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GOES IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR HIS BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW. WHILE ON A LANDING ROLLOUT THE ENGINE CEASED OPERATING. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND BEGAN HAND PROPPING THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE RUNWAY STRIKING AN AIRCRAFT HANGAR WHICH CONTAINED AN AIRCRAFT. BOTH THE AIRCRAFT IN THE HANGAR AND THE HANGAR WERE DAMAGED. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST A FIRE ENSUED TOTALLY DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PLT FAILED TO FILE AN ACC REPORT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1988_SEA88LA075.txt.
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