- Date
- March 28, 1975
- Place
- Middlefield, OH · MIDDLEFIELD, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5486PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750328007139A
- Case key
- 148282
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0744 75/3/28 MIDDLEFIELD,OH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 175 TIME - 1330 N5486P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEAUGA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHERRY RIDGE,PA GRAND RAPIDS,MI MIDDLEFIELD,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- ACFT NOT CHOCKED OR TIED DOWN.STRUCK CESSNA 172 N20345 SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5486P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Geauga
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5486P · 1
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