- Date
- April 29, 1972
- Place
- Texarkana, AR · TEXARKANA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N529FLPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166792
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0021 72/4/29 TEXARKANA,ARK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 210 TIME - 1700 N529FL PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - TEXARKANA-WEBB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEXARKANA,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT MOVED FWD UNINTENTIONALLY,HIT A POST.PLT DID NOT SET BRAKE BEFORE STARTING ENG(REF CK-LIST).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N529FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Texarkana-Webb
N529FLRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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