- Date
- April 29, 1965
- Place
- Winston-Salem, NC · WINSTON-SALEM, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6878HPiper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177709
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0994 65/4/29 WINSTON-SALEM NC PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 500 TIME - 0930 N6878H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH-REYNOLDS 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- PARKED AIRCRAFT,PIPER J3,N98066 SUB. DAMAGE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6878H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smith-Reynolds
N6878HRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2014 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N6878H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.