- Date
- March 19, 1972
- Place
- Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1453HAeronca 15AC
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1222 72/3/19 GILLETTE,WYO AERONCA 15AC CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 57, 32 TOTAL TIME - 0730 N1453H PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLETTE-CAMPBELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GILLETTE,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- STUDENT PLT HAND-STARTED ACFT WITHOUT ATTENDANT AT CONTROLS.ACFT HIT BOAT IN HANGER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1453H
- Reported as
- Aeronca 15AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillette-Campbell
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