- Date
- May 15, 1971
- Place
- Bridgeport, TX · BRIDGEPORT, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N50614Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1607 71/5/15 BRIDGEPORT,TEX CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N50614 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRIDGEPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIDGEPORT,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PLT PROPPED ACFT W/OUT USING CHOCKS.ACFT TAXIED INTO DIRT BNK,LOG PILE W NO ONE ON BOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50614
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bridgeport
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