- Date
- August 21, 1971
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6990QBeech B23
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163076
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3213 71/8/21 SANTA ANA,CALIF BEECH B23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 132 TIME - 1110 N6990Q PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA ANA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES REMARKS- PLT SAID THROTTLE STUCK OPEN,BRAKES DIDNT HOLD. NO DEFICIENCIES FOUND. HIT GAS TRUCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6990Q
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Ana
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