- Date
- December 18, 1965
- Place
- Lake Elmo, MN · LAKE ELMO, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N78480Piper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4002 65/12/18 LAKE ELMO MINN PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 800 TIME - 1130 N78480 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE ELMO 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- PARKED ACFT PIPER J3 N25045 AND LUSCOMBE N1912B BOTH SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.PILOT HAND PROPPED ACFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78480
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Elmo
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