- Date
- January 12, 1974
- Place
- Pampa, TX · PAMPA, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9342JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740112000819A
- Case key
- 187248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0038 74/1/12 PAMPA,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2015 N9342J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 1637 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 323 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAMPA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAMPA,TEX CANADIAN,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- ENG STARTED BY PROPPING WITHOUT WHEELS CHOCKED.ACFT ROLLED INTO BARRELS.PAX IN L SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9342J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pampa
N9342JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.