- Date
- July 18, 1970
- Place
- Fort St.John, Canada · FORT ST.JOHN, Canada
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5766HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108283
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0074 70/7/18 FORT ST.JOHN,CAN PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1900 TIME - 1105 N5766H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT ST.JOHN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT ST.JOHN,CAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/JET/ROTOR BLAST TAXI: TO TAKEOFF NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- INVEST AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF CANADA.TAXIED BEHIND PARTIALLY HIDDEN B-26 IN RUNUP POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5766H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fort St.John
N5766HRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2014 · Piper PA-16Airframe modelPiper PA-16Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.