- Date
- July 12, 1977
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2015WBeech S35
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770712029279A
- Case key
- 146270
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2225 77/7/12 NR.INDIANAPOLIS,IN BEECH S35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1348 TIME - 0850 N2015W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IN TERRE HAUTE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- LEFT MAGS ON WHILE PULLING PROP THROUGH. ACFT HIT HANGER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2015W
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eagle Creek
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2015W · 1
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