CHI68D0192

NTSB accident investigation · Piper J-3 · Hager City, WI · August 13, 1967

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 13, 1967
Place
Hager City, WI · HAGER CITY, WI
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
N92477Piper J-3
Status
Completed · report October 31, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
115147

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2709  67/8/13    HAGER CITY, WIS     PIPER J-3           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 224
        TIME - 1700                    N92477              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RED WING
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- PLT PROPPED UNOCCUPIED ACFT.

Aircraft

Registration
N92477
Reported as
Piper J-3
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Red Wing

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.