- Date
- June 9, 1975
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6375Hopkins Sports
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750609015409A
- Case key
- 170732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1489 75/6/9 NEW ORLEANS,LA HOPKINS SPORTS CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 50 TOTAL TIME - 1915 N6375 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PLTS R HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH PROP WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE R SIDE OF CANOPY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6375
- Reported as
- Hopkins Sports
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Lakefront
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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.