- Date
- February 8, 1977
- Place
- Newport News, VA · NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7316VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770208002479A
- Case key
- 157155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0277 77/2/8 NEWPORT NEWS,VA BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N7316V PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 53, 660 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 43 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATRICK HENRY INT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT NEWS,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT LURCHED FORWARD AFTR ENG START.HIT C-175,N7904T & PA22,N4557A,BOTH SUBST DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7316V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Patrick Henry Int
N7316VRegistered now · Bellanca 17-30Airframe modelBellanca 17-30Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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