- Date
- February 21, 1980
- Place
- Bunnell, FL · BUNNELL, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5243YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800221003859A
- Case key
- 131797
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0306 80/2/21 BUNNELL,FL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N5243Y PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 55, 2378 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 401 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLAGLER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUNNELL,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TIEDOWN LINES SNAPPED REMARKS- PLT SPUN LT PROP TO START ENG,TIEDOWN BROKE,ACFT COL W PARKED AERO COMDR,N263X,SUB DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5243Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flagler County
N5243YRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.