- Date
- February 6, 1971
- Place
- Elsinore, CA · ELSINORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5015NStinson L5
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159854
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0660 71/2/6 ELSINORE,CALIF STINSON L5 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N5015N PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 30, 796 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 86 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYLARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELSINORE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PLT PROPPED UNOCCUPIED ACFT.NO PARKING BRAKE,OLD TIRES FOR CHOCKS.HIT N5737S,SUB DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5015N
- Reported as
- Stinson L5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skylark
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