- Date
- February 5, 1966
- Place
- Plainview, TX · PLAINVIEW, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2609HErcoupe 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0109 66/2/5 PLAINVIEW TEX ERCOUPE 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 72 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N2609H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HALE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT BEECHCRAFT G-35 N4258D SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.PILOT HAND PROPPED ENG.ACFT UNOCCUPIED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2609H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hale County
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