- Date
- December 29, 1972
- Place
- Spring Valley, NY · SPRING VALLEY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5451PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3458 72/12/29 SPRING VALLEY,NY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1550 TIME - 1530 N5451P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAMAPO VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRING VALLEY,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PILOT HAND CRANKED ENG,UNATTENDED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5451P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Ramapo Valley
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