- Date
- April 19, 1974
- Place
- Twin Falls, ID · TWIN FALLS, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7063RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740419008629A
- Case key
- 186202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0962 74/4/19 TWIN FALLS,ID PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 92 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N7063R PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOSLIN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TWIN FALLS,ID JACKPOT,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- START ACFT WITH JUMP CABLES. PAX RELEASED CABLE,STEPPED BACK INTO PROP.EXPIRED 11 DAYS LATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7063R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Joslin Field
N7063RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7063R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB WPR22FA354Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportSisters, ORThe non-instrument-rated pilot’s flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s degraded judgement due to fatigue.NTSB SEA71DXM26Accident · No injuriesClosedBurley, ID