- Date
- May 27, 1976
- Place
- Lake Placid, FL · LAKE PLACID, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4616ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760527019969A
- Case key
- 154828
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2137 76/5/27 LAKE PLACID,FL CESSNA 180 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 450 TIME - 1130 N4616A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE PLACID DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE PLACID,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- ENG STARTED WHILE PLT TURNING PROP BY HAND DUE TO DEAD BATTERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4616A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Lake Placid
N4616ARegistration cancelled Nov 23, 2024 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.