- Date
- November 19, 1981
- Place
- Ukiah, CA · UKIAH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5609ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811119074519A
- Case key
- 123848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2410 81/11/19 UKIAH,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 68, 623 TIME - 1305 N5609A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 129 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UKIAH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UKIAH,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- HAND PROPPING,ACFT JUMPED CHOCKS SNAPPING TAIL TIEDOWN RING.SUBST DMG TO N62579,N555MV,N8765Z.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5609A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ukiah
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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.