- Date
- August 27, 1980
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6741PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134935
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2894 80/8/27 DETROIT,MI PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 2169 TIME - 1350 N6741P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1646 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MI FAYETTVILLE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- STRUCK BY AC-112,N1105J,BEING MOVED FRM TIE-DOWN AREA WITHOUT TAXI CLNC IN ORDER TO CUT GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6741P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Detroit City
N6741PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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