- Date
- August 23, 1979
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5139BCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790823030169A
- Case key
- 134142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2543 79/8/23 FORT WORTH,TX CESSNA 152 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 17 TOTAL TIME - 0945 N5139B PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEACHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- PLT'S RGT HAND SEVERED WHILE REMOVING CHOCK FROM NOSE WHEEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5139B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Meacham
N5139BRegistration cancelled Apr 7, 2017 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5139B · 1
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