- Date
- December 4, 1965
- Place
- Compton, CA · COMPTON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5852HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3905 65/12/4 COMPTON CALIF PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 156 TIME - 1745 N5852H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COMPTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION.PARKED AIRCRAFT CESSNA 150 N8651S SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5852H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Compton
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