- Date
- January 26, 1968
- Place
- French Lick, IN · FRENCH LICK, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5140ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0110 68/1/26 FRENCH LICK,IND PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 300 TIME - 1615 N5140Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRENCH LICK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- HAND PROPPED ACFT, JUMPED CHOCK, WENT DOWN STEEP ENBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5140Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- French Lick
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