- Date
- July 9, 1966
- Place
- Columbia, KY · COLUMBIA, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6104HPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170919
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1841 66/7/9 COLUMBIA KY PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N6104H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUDOT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- FLOODED ENGINE PROPPED WITH IGNITION SWITCH ON, THROTTLE FULL OPEN, AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6104H
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ludot
N6104HRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2013 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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