- Date
- January 22, 1978
- Place
- Lancaster, CA · LANCASTER, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4847VDowner 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780122003579A
- Case key
- 143220
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0473 78/1/22 LANCASTER,CA DOWNER 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 869 TIME - 1225 N4847V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 133 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEN.WILLIAM J.FOX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- CESSNA 150,N7117S,SUBST DAMAGE,UNATTENDED.HAND PROP TO START,ROLLED INTO CESSNA.PAX DID NOT BRAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4847V
- Reported as
- Downer 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Gen.William J.Fox
N4847VRegistered now · Bellanca 17-30Airframe modelBellanca 17-30Engine modelContinental IO-520 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.