- Date
- February 14, 1979
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA · VAN NUYS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N44590Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790214002969A
- Case key
- 137859
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0197 79/2/14 VAN NUYS,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N44590 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN NUYS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAN NUYS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES REMARKS- PIPER ARROW,N1164X,SUB DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44590
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Nuys
N44590Registered 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.