- Date
- April 12, 1966
- Place
- Clearwater, FL · CLEARWATER, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N45523Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172566
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0666 66/4/12 CLEARWATER FLA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 371 TIME - 1400 N45523 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEARWATER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TIEDOWN LINES SNAPPED REMARKS- HAND PROPPED ENGINE WITH AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45523
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clearwater
N45523Registration cancelled Sep 13, 2018 · Luscombe 8AAirframe modelLuscombe 8AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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