- Date
- August 14, 1973
- Place
- Seminole, OK · SEMINOLE, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5242XChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730814025829A
- Case key
- 189474
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2043 73/8/14 SEMINOLE,OKLA CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N5242X PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 25, 1046 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 668 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEMINOLE MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEMINOLE,OKLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- PLT PROPPED ENG,STARTER INOP.ENG STARTED,ACFT JUMPED CHOCKS,STRUCK POLE AND HANGAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5242X
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Seminole Mun
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.