- Date
- November 30, 1980
- Place
- Strathmore, CA · STRATHMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N99785Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801130081219A
- Case key
- 127861
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3099 80/11/30 STRATHMORE,CA ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 69, 803 TIME - 1600 N99785 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ECKERT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STRATHMORE,CA PORTERVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PLT HAND PROPPING ACFT,ENG STARTED,ACFT TAXIED ACROSS HWY INTO ORANGE ORCHARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99785
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eckert
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N99785 · 1
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