- Date
- October 29, 1972
- Place
- Flushing, MI · FLUSHING, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1648JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168966
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3239 72/10/29 FLUSHING,MICH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 59, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N1648J PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DALTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARSHALL,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- HAND PROP START OF UNSECURED ACFT RUNAWAY ACFT COLLIDED WITH HOUSE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1648J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dalton
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