- Date
- August 19, 1972
- Place
- Lincolnton, NC · LINCOLNTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5145BPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167876
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3090 72/8/19 LINCOLNTON,NC PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 189 TIME - 1630 N5145B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINCOLNTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLNTON,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HAND PROPPED ACFT HIT PARKED VEHICLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5145B
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lincolnton
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