- Date
- June 8, 1971
- Place
- Minot, ND · MINOT, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6839UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1879 71/6/8 MINOT,N DAK MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 391 TIME - 0500 N6839U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 310 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINOT INT. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINOT,N DAK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- HAND PROPPED ACFT.HIT SIGN POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6839U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Minot Int.
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