- Date
- January 30, 1982, 08:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Redding, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1669EAeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820130002319A
- Case key
- 72359
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Proper assistance - not obtainedCause
Analysis
When the pilot hand propped the aircraft to start the engine, it began rolling and struck Cessna 206, N732TQ.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1669E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC5235
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Martha Jean Iliff
- Registered owner
- Enterprise Flying Club
- Departed
- Q93 · Redding, CA
- Destination
- Q93 · Redding, CA
- Airport
- O85 · Benton Airport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 15 in this make and model · 795 as pilot in command · 185 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.