- Date
- April 22, 1966
- Place
- Lafayette, IN · LAFAYETTE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4495HPiper PA-17
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0864 66/4/22 LAFAYETTE IND PIPER PA-17 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1725 N4495H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARETZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT TAYLORCRAFT L-2 N4810S SUB.DAMAGE.PILOT PROPPED ENGINE WITH AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4495H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aretz
N4495HRegistration cancelled May 13, 2015 · Piper PA-15Airframe modelPiper PA-15Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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