- Date
- July 24, 1971
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA · VAN NUYS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3618HErco 415-D
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2649 71/7/24 VAN NUYS,CALIF ERCO 415-D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 271 TIME - 1450 N3618H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 233 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN NUYS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FERNANDO,CALIF VAN NUYS,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY REMARKS- PLT JUMPED OFF FRONT OF WNG,ARM HIT BY PROP.PAX HAD STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3618H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Van Nuys
N3618HRegistered now · Engineering & Research 415-DAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-DEngine modelContinental C90 series
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Other investigations on N3618H · 2
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