- Date
- October 24, 1976
- Place
- Dell Rapids, SD · DELL RAPIDS, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N16415Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761024034119A
- Case key
- 152586
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3175 76/10/24 DELL RAPIDS,SD PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1550 TIME - 0800 N16415 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 510 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DELL RAPIDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DELL RAPIDS,SD SIOUX CITY,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: STARTERS REMARKS- STARTER INOP-AIRCRAFT GOT AWAY FROM PILOT DURING HAND START & ROLLED INTO FARM EQUIPMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16415
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dell Rapids
N16415Registered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.