- Date
- May 17, 1974
- Place
- Willoughby, OH · WILLOUGHBY, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N23DGrumman G-159
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740517033159A
- Case key
- 170199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3603 74/5/17 WILLOUGHBY,OHIO GRUMMAN G-159 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0915 N23D PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC 53, 14343 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3269 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOST NATION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLOUGHBY,OHIO CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE REMARKS- PLT OBSVD 3 GREEN LIGHTS BFR L ENG START DID NOT CK PSN OF SELECTOR.ENG STARTED,GR RETRACTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23D
- Reported as
- Grumman G-159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lost Nation
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.