# Accident 19750926041719A: Emair MA1, Hilliard, FL, September 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1975
- Place: Hilliard, FL
- Airport: Hilliard
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 30.6866° N, 81.9212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilliard, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6866&lon=-81.9212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97066, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97066-1976-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Murrayair MA-1 (registry code 6070102, https://openairdocs.org/model/murrayair-ma-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMAIR MA1
- Reported engine: PWA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DLA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DLA14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750926041719A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DRG ENG START COUGHED,BACKFIRED,CAUGHT FIRE.NO FIRE GUARD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA76DLA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DLA14), Sep 26, 1975: Murray Air MA-1 (N97066), Hilliard, FL, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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