- Date
- May 21, 1971
- Place
- Blountville, TN · BLOUNTVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6679LLake LA-4
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162260
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0056 71/5/21 BLOUNTVILLE,TENN LAKE LA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 15 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N6679L PX- 0 0 0 OTHER HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-CITIES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLOUNTVILLE,TENN BLOUNTVILLE,TENN 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- HIT N8589Y MINOR DMG. STARTED ENG TO WARM UP OIL FOR OIL SAMPLE FOR TESTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6679L
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Tri-Cities
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