- Date
- July 26, 1969
- Place
- Plymouth, MI · PLYMOUTH, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N23283Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160956
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3236 69/7/26 PLYMOUTH,MICH PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1545 N23283 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 1025 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 22 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METTETAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,MICH UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN REMARKS- ENG BACKFIRED,PROP STRUCK R LEG OF PROPMAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23283
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Mettetal
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