Worst nightmare for any pilot hand propping their aircraft. Notice that there is a passenger inside the aircraft while it's spinning out of control.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... D=22972151
Hand propping gone wrong
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Re: Hand propping gone wrong
Man! I thought for sure I was about to see a guy get killed. Hadn't seen this one before, thanks for posting it. That is one lucky pilot. 
Re: Hand propping gone wrong
Whenever I've hand-spiked a plane with a passenger on board, I tell them beforehand: "If the plane starts to move when I'm not inside, there's a quick way to shut off the engine; just pull this red knob out, like this." I explain to them that it shuts off the fuel to the engine so the engine will stop, without doing any harm. If they pull it accidentally, I can just try to start it again; it's not a big deal. Better safe than sorry. I also tell them how I'm going to start the engine and what to expect, and also that once the engine is running to pull the throttle all the way back. This is a good training tool to show what happens if your passenger has no idea how to react.
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