- Date
- May 18, 1979
- Place
- Pirates Cove, KY · PIRATES COVE, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1189QCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790518010519A
- Case key
- 135840
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1658 79/5/18 PIRATES COVE,KY CESSNA 210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 883 TIME - 0700 N1189Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 306 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIRATES COVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIRATES COVE,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO TURN OFF LFT MAG BEFORE PULLING PROP THRU BY HAND.ENG STARTED & AC TK OFF W/O PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1189Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pirates Cove
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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.