ark@rabbit.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) (08/16/84)
This story was culled from an NTSB accident report, and originally printed in AVIATION MONTHLY. A pilot returned home after dark from a long trip. Exhausted, he taxied the airplane into its parking space, shut down the engine, and went to sleep in the airplane. Several hours later, he awoke. Groggy and disoriented, he looked around and discovered that he was in an airplane, everything was dark, and it was very quiet. He panicked, thinking he was still on his long trip and that the engine had quit. He reacted by starting the engine and applying full power. The airplane, which was not tied down, bolted across the ramp and finally came to rest with its prop imbedded in another airplane. I wonder how the pilot explained that one!