- Date
- March 1, 1971
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1289PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160666
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0860 71/3/1 SAN JUAN,PR PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1587 TIME - 0820 N1289P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 889 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLA GRANDE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR ARECIBO,PR 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- HAND PROPPING,CTLS UNATTENDED.HIT BRITTEN NORMAN BN2A N866JA,SUBST DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1289P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Isla Grande
N1289PRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2013 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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