- Date
- March 19, 1971
- Place
- Smithfield, TX · SMITHFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3350CBeech F35
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132883
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0080 71/3/19 SMITHFIELD,TEX BEECH F35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 841 TIME - 1014 N3350C PX- 1 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANGHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SMITHFIELD,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- BATTERY LOW. STARTED ENG BY JUMPER CABLES FROM CAR. PAX BACKED INTO PROP UPON REMOVING CABLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3350C
- Reported as
- Beech F35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Mangham
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