- Date
- January 15, 1972
- Place
- Troy, MI · TROY, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4301APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165420
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2713 72/1/15 TROY,MICH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 92 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N4301A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND PRIX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TROY,MICH BIG RAPIDS,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO TELL GND CREWMAN MAG SW WAS ON
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4301A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Grand Prix
N4301ARegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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