- Date
- October 20, 1974
- Place
- Amelia, OH · AMELIA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3895DCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741020036459A
- Case key
- 141040
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3266 74/10/20 AMELIA,OHIO CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 8400 TIME - 1330 N3895D PX- 0 0 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 1540 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMPHRES GYROPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMELIA,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- PILOT PRIMED WARM ENG WHICH BACKFIRED AND CAUGHT FIRE WHEN STARTER WAS ENGAGED.OWNERS MANUAL CVRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3895D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Humphres Gyroport
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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.