- Date
- October 22, 1974
- Place
- Westport, NY · WESTPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2417TNavion G
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741022034969A
- Case key
- 143016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3726 74/10/22 WESTPORT,NY NAVION G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 5165 TIME - 2100 N2417T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTPORT,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PILOT LEFT AIRCRAFT WITH ENGINE RUNNING,PASSENGER OPENED THROTTLE,TAXIED INTO TREES AT HIGH SPEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2417T
- Reported as
- Navion G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westport
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2417T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA97LA072Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportIndiantown, FLTotal loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing. Findings of the follow-up investigation were 1) The airplane had not been operated and no annual inspections…NTSB UNK64X2588Accident · No injuriesClosedDes Moines, IA