- Date
- May 11, 1966
- Place
- New Paltz, NY · NEW PALTZ, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N43791Taylorcraft BC12D
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171802
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1577 66/5/11 NEW PALTZ NY TAYLORCRAFT BC12D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 58 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N43791 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STANTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT CESSNA 172 N2579Y SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ENGINE PROPPED AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43791
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stanton
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