- Date
- May 23, 1976
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8886JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760523015339A
- Case key
- 153393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1121 76/5/23 TUCSON,AZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 800 TIME - 0650 N8886J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUCSON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,AZ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 REMARKS- PILOT STRUCK ON HEAD BY PROPELLER. MASTER & L MAG SWITCHES FOUND IN ON POS. NO WITNESSES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8886J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Tucson Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8886J · 1
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