DATE OF INCIDENT:  9/18/2024

DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT:

Hand propping aircraft with one wheel chalked. The aircraft jumped the chalk and hit a pole.

DATE OF LAST INSPECTION:  3/1/2024

AIRCRAFT:    1948 Piper PA-17    N4614H   S/N: 17-31     TT:  2,089

ENGINE:       Continental   MODEL:  A-65-8   S/N:  40181-6-8  TT:  1,247    TSMOH:  247

PROPELLER:  Sensenich    MODEL:  W72CK42   S/N:  AL 7397    TT:  105   

AVIONICS / EQUIPMENT:  See Photos

Airspeed gauge

Altitude gauge

Ameri-King IM-450

Bank Indicator

Oil Pressure gauge

Oil Temp gauge

RPM gauge

DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE:  See Photos

Prop strike

Nose

Rib and skin on LH wing tip

Engine Mount tubing

Firewall sheet

Filler neck

Upper, lower front engine cowl sheets

Entry door hinge

Engine crankshaft prop flange

#1 cylinder intake tube elbow aluminum casting

REMARKS:

Logbooks - We digitize ALL logbooks available, if it's not digitized then it's not available unless otherwise noted.

Times are per logbook entries

Wings are attached

Engine cowling has been removed

Aircraft logbook missing from 1978 - 1983 and 1985 - 2018. Restoration noted in aircraft logbook page 8

LOCATION OF SALVAGE:   Frankfort, IN

SALVAGE MAY BE INSPECTED BY SENDING AN EMAIL:  Salvage@UnderwritersSalvageCompany.com