Runaway aircraft
A Cessna 182 aircraft being started by hand burst into life, amputated the end of the pilot’s index finger, threw him to the ground, and careered down the airstrip increasing its speed before it destroyed itself by crashing through a fence and landing upside-down. The incident is recalled in an air accident brief issued
by the Chief Inspector of Air : Accidents (Mr R. Chippindale) I yesterday after an accident , at Waipaipai in February. I The pilot had been having ■ trouble starting the aircraft : and had resorted to hand- ; swinging the propeller. The I pilot checked that the air- ’ craft’s brakes were set and the throttle correctly positioned, but had not used 1 chocks.
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Press, 20 July 1979, Page 3
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115Runaway aircraft Press, 20 July 1979, Page 3
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