- Date
- October 8, 1965
- Place
- Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3486PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175384
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3597 65/10/8 MOBILE ALA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2200 N3486P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 43, 7100 TOTAL HOURS, 460 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES 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- NIGHT OPERATION.PARKED AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-24 N7787Y SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.HAND PROPPED ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3486P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bates
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