- Date
- December 25, 1978
- Place
- Jena, LA · JENA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N34143Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781225039549A
- Case key
- 139187
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3586 78/12/25 JENA,LA CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 90 TOTAL TIME - 1615 N34143 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JENA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JENA,LA BATON ROUGE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- JUMP START FROM CAR.PAX WALKED FORWARD INTO PROP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34143
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Jena
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.