- Date
- November 22, 1970
- Place
- Smyrna, DE · SMYRNA, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N28196Piper J5A
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159204
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4241 70/11/22 SMYRNA,DEL PIPER J5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 197 TIME - 0930 N28196 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EWING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SMYRNA,DEL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PLT PROPPED ENG. ACFT NOT CHOCKED OR TIED DOWN. PAX INADVERTENTLY HIT THROTTLE,WASNT BRIEFED BFOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28196
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ewing
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