- Date
- January 6, 1976
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4758SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760106000389A
- Case key
- 152015
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0032 76/1/6 CHARLOTTE,NC PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1000 TIME - 0730 N4758S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLOTTE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: LEADS REMARKS- PLT PULLED PROP THRU BY HAND. BROKEN PRIMARY WIRE TERMINAL, L MAG HOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4758S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Charlotte Muni
N4758SRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.