- Date
- March 15, 1979
- Place
- Bethany, OK · BETHANY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N61624Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790315004739A
- Case key
- 137520
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0497 79/3/15 BETHANY,OK CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 139 TIME - 0830 N61624 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILEY POST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETHANY,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SWITCHES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OPEN REMARKS- ENG STARTED WHILE TURNING PROP BY HAND.COLLIDED W N10SN (IN HNGR).SUBSTANTIAL DMG TO OTHER ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61624
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wiley Post
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N61624 · 1
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