- Date
- September 29, 1969
- Place
- Gadsden, AL · GADSDEN, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8302BCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4042 69/9/29 GADSDEN,ALA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 140 TIME - 1100 N8302B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GADSDEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GADSDEN,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- CESSNA PROP STRUCK WING OF PARKED AERONCA N81452,SUBSTL DMG. HAND PROPPED ACFT,NO ONE AT CTLS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8302B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gadsden
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