- Date
- August 6, 1967
- Place
- Compton, CA · COMPTON, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N48981Taylorcraft L-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115903
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0688 67/8/6 COMPTON,CALIF TAYLORCRAFT L-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 74 TOTAL TIME - 1328 N48981 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COMPTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAXI: OTHER PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PLT PROPPED ENG,PAX AT CONTROLS.PROP SHATTERED WHEN ACFT STRUCK FENCE.PIECE OF PROP HIT OBSERVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48981
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft L-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Compton
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