- Date
- October 23, 1977
- Place
- Ft Pierce, FL · FT PIERCE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N70701Piper J3
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771023034399A
- Case key
- 144827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3338 77/10/23 FT PIERCE,FL PIPER J3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 536 TIME - 0700 N70701 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST LUCIE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT PIERCE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- PILOT PROPED AIRCRAFT WITH NO TIE DOWN.AIRCRAFT JUMPED CHOCKS,HIT HANGAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70701
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St Lucie County
N70701Registration cancelled Jul 26, 2005 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 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.