- Date
- June 8, 1975
- Place
- Massena, NY · MASSENA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N85684Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750608015379A
- Case key
- 148961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1239 75/6/8 MASSENA,NY AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 1076 TIME - 1255 N85684 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHARDS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MASSENA,NY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- HAND PROP,AFTR CLRG ENG TURNED MAG SWITCH ON LEFT THROTTLE OPEN BY ERROR.ENG STARTED HIT TRUCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85684
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Richards Field
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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.