NYC67F0398

NTSB incident investigation · Piaggio P136L1 · Sandston, VA · October 10, 1966

Incident · FatalClosed
Date
October 10, 1966
Place
Sandston, VA · SANDSTON, VA
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Standing
Aircraft
N16160Piaggio P136L1
Status
Completed · report April 18, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
120528

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0004  66/10/10   SANDSTON VA         PIAGGIO P136L1      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 29, 105
        TIME - 1415                    N16160              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHARD E. BYRD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        REMARKS- PILOT REMOVED EXT CONTROL LOCKS,WALKED INTO ROTATING PUSHER.PROP.ACFT UNOCCUPIED.

Aircraft

Registration
N16160
Reported as
Piaggio P136L1
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
No damage
Airport
Richard E. Byrd

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.