- Date
- September 16, 1973
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA · TEWKSBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1816GChampion 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730916030539A
- Case key
- 188251
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3234 73/9/16 TEWKSBURY,MASS CHAMPION 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 422 TIME - 1845 N1816G PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEW-MAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEWKSBURY,MASS LOCAL 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- ACFT SVCD FOR AM FISH SPOT FLT.ROPE TIED TO TAIL BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1816G
- Reported as
- Champion 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tew-Mac
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1816G · 1
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