- Date
- July 24, 1971
- Place
- Emporia, KS · EMPORIA, KS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4105WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162184
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2735 71/7/24 EMPORIA,KANS PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N4105W PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 34, 3138 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 560 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMPORIA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EMPORIA,KANS TOPEKA,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES REMARKS- THROTTLE OPEN,MIXT-CUT OFF,STARTED,ADVN MIXT THROTTLE STUCK.PLT AWARE THROTTLE STICKING.DMG N5334H
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4105W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Emporia Municipal
N4105WRegistration cancelled Aug 17, 2004 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N4105W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.