- Date
- July 24, 1973
- Place
- Placida, FL · PLACIDA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6435PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730724023199A
- Case key
- 189401
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2144 73/7/24 PLACIDA,FLA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1345 N6435P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 1401 TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE HAZE ROTUNDA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLACIDA,FLA FT MYERS,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PLT PULLED PROP THRU,STARTER MALFUNCTION. NO ONE ABOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6435P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cape Haze Rotunda
N6435PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6435P · 1
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