- Date
- September 20, 1969
- Place
- Gothenburg, NE · GOTHENBURG, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5521UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4022 69/9/20 GOTHENBURG,NEBR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 220 TIME - 0630 N5521U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOTHENBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOTHENBURG,NEBR COUNCIL BLUFFS,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- DID NOT SET BRAKE. PLT WAS CHECKING INSTRUMENTS. ACFT MOVED FORWARD,STRUCK UNIDENTIFIED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5521U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gothenburg
N5521URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5521U · 2
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