- Date
- November 24, 1966
- Place
- Guntersville, AL · GUNTERSVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N42933Piper L-4
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120245
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3658 66/11/24 GUNTERSVILLE ALA PIPER L-4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 37, 27 TOTAL TIME - 0900 N42933 PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PILOT PROPPED ENGINE OF UNOCCUPIED AIRCRAFT.ACFT ROLLED FORWARD INTO WOODED AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42933
- Reported as
- Piper L-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Guntersville
N42933Registration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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