- Date
- January 8, 1978
- Place
- Gadsden, AL · GADSDEN, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7115UMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780108000129A
- Case key
- 143609
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0051 78/1/8 GADSDEN,AL MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1033 TIME - 2350 N7115U PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GADSDEN MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GADSDEN,AL FAIRHOPE,AL 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 STARTING.ARPT NIGHT WATCHMAN AT CTLS ADDED FULL PWR AFTR START.HIT C-210,N9641X,SUBST DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7115U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gadsden Municipal
N7115URegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2014 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7115U · 1
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