- Date
- January 17, 1966
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6678PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0242 66/1/17 RENO NEV PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 2000 TIME - 0415 N6678P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION.PARKED AIRCRAFT CESSNA 172 N7539T SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE-PILOT FAILED TO SET BRAKES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6678P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reno
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Other investigations on N6678P · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN20FA023Accident · 3 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportSan Antonio, TXThe loss of engine power for reason that could not be determined. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering to landing which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin with insufficient altitude to recover.NTSB LAX78FUG14Accident · No injuriesClosedOntario, CANTSB SEA66F0003Accident · No injuriesClosedSeatte, WANTSB UNK64X3489Accident · No injuriesClosedDelhi, CA