- Date
- April 21, 1970
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL · TUSCALOOSA, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7695HPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128869
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1729 70/4/21 TUSCALOOSA,ALA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1045 N7695H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 1209 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 240 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUSCALOOSA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSCALOOSA,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- ENG HAND PROPPED-NON PLT PAX AT CTLS DID NOT CLOSE THROTTLE.BRAKES DID NOT HOLD HIT BEECH N2845V.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7695H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tuscaloosa
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