- Date
- October 3, 1971
- Place
- Rhinebeck, NY · RHINEBECK, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N666JFleet 16B
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164643
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4379 71/10/3 RHINEBECK,NY FLEET 16B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 990 TIME - 1430 N666J PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLD RHINEBECK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RHINEBECK,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT DIDNT FOLLOW MECHANICS INSTRUCTIONS AND TURNED ON SWITCH WHEN PROP PULLED THRU.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N666J
- Reported as
- Fleet 16B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Old Rhinebeck
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