- Date
- December 26, 1981
- Place
- Mt.Pleasant, TX · MT.PLEASANT, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6994ECessna 175A
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811226082279A
- Case key
- 123166
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3287 81/12/26 MT.PLEASANT,TX CESSNA 175A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 387 TIME - 1300 N6994E PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 265 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT.PLEASANT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT.PLEASANT,TX DALLAS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: LEADS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OPEN REMARKS- ENG INADVERTENTLY STARTED DUE TO A BROKEN MAG PRIMARY LEAD WHEN PROP WAS ROTATED BY HAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6994E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt.Pleasant
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.