- Date
- September 10, 1975
- Place
- Victoria, TX · VICTORIA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4401LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750910029479A
- Case key
- 150939
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2434 75/9/10 VICTORIA,TX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 76 TOTAL TIME - 0855 N4401L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VICTORIA REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VICTORIA,TX SAN ANTONIO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- BATTERY LOW. PULLED PROP THRU,MAG SWITCH WAS ON. HIT CESSNA 150,N6508S,DEMOLISHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4401L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Victoria Regional
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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.