- Date
- September 9, 1973
- Place
- Kalamazoo, MI · KALAMAZOO, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7482MCessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730909028769A
- Case key
- 188708
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2525 73/9/9 KALAMAZOO,MICH CESSNA 175 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 1473 TIME - 1420 N7482M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 286 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KALAMAZOO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KALAMAZOO,MICH FLINT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- PILOT TURNING PROP BY HAND THINKING IGN WAS OFF.ENGINE STARTED.PROP HIT AND BROKE 6 FINGERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7482M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Kalamazoo Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.