- Date
- September 20, 1975
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA · CARLSBAD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6557VBellanca 17-31A
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750920032659A
- Case key
- 150830
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2781 75/9/20 CARLSBAD,CA BELLANCA 17-31A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 62, 1746 TIME - 1540 N6557V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1648 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALOMAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLSBAD,CA FALLBROOK,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- HIGH ENG RPM START. HIT PARKED CESSNA 185,N9955X,SUBSTL DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6557V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palomar
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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