- Date
- December 25, 1972
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7835DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163236
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3839 72/12/25 AMARILLO,TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1515 N7835D PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AMARILLO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMARILLO,TEX OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- AFT STARTING ENG W CHOCKS IN PLACE PLT ALLOWED PX TO REMOVE CHOCKS. SHE WAS HIT BY PROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7835D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Amarillo Muni
N7835DRegistration cancelled Oct 30, 2021 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N7835D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.