- Date
- October 31, 1970
- Place
- Taft, CA · TAFT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1529FCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159005
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4062 70/10/31 TAFT,CALIF CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 44, 3300 TIME - 1730 N1529F PX- 0 1 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 1935 IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAFT-KERN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAFT,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- STARTED ENG PRIOR PAX BOARDING.LIGHTED RAMP AREA.PAX WALKED AROUND FRONT,HIT BY PROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1529F
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Taft-Kern County
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