- Date
- January 31, 1971
- Place
- Statesville, NC · STATESVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2643APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160034
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0258 71/1/31 STATESVILLE,NC PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 656 TIME - 1700 N2643A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 155 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STATESVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOORESVILLE,NC STATESVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PILOT PROPPED N2643A WITH NO ONE IN COCKPIT.ENGINE STARTED AND AIRCRAFT HIT N7079A.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2643A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Statesville
N2643ARegistration cancelled Oct 13, 2011 · Piper PA-22Airframe modelPiper PA-22Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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