- Date
- October 12, 1974
- Place
- Friendswood, TX · FRIENDSWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N47097Ryan ST3KR
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741012034459A
- Case key
- 141100
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3210 74/10/12 FRIENDSWOOD,TEX RYAN ST3KR CR- 0 1 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1432 TIME - 1300 N47097 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOVER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRIENDSWOOD,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) COPILOT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOT HAND CRANKED ENGINE WITH IGNITION SWITCH ON L MAG.OTR PLT HAD NO TIME IN TYPE ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47097
- Reported as
- Ryan ST3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Clover Field
N47097Registration cancelled Apr 18, 2013 · Ryan Aeronautical PT-22Airframe modelRyan Aeronautical PT-22Engine modelKinner R5 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.