- Date
- February 15, 1978
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6927QBeech A24
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780215002029A
- Case key
- 143742
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0171 78/2/15 DES MOINES,IA BEECH A24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 172 TIME - 1330 N6927Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DES MOINES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES REMARKS- A/C MOVED FORWARD DURING JUMP START STRIKING TUG. THROTTLE AT FULL PWR DURING START.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6927Q
- Reported as
- Beech A24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Des Moines Muni
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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.