- Date
- March 30, 1976
- Place
- Poston, AZ · POSTON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N84470Cessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760330010599A
- Case key
- 152994
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0746 76/3/30 POSTON,AZ CESSNA A188B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0630 N84470 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 38, 4150 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NO NAME DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POSTON,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PULLED ENG THRU BY HAND,THROTTLE RETARDED & MAG SWITCHES OFF.ENG STARTED,LOOSE NUT PRIMARY LEAD-
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84470
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- No Name
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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.