- Date
- December 16, 1976
- Place
- Birmingham, AL · BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2172MPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761216036979A
- Case key
- 156218
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3717 76/12/16 BIRMINGHAM,AL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 270 TIME - 1300 N2172M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRMINGHAM MUNCPL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRMINGHAM,AL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- LOOKING AT CHARTS,HIT BEECH TRAVEL AIR,N2753Y.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2172M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birmingham Muncpl
N2172MRegistered 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 N2172M · 1
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