- Date
- October 11, 1974
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7940YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741011034439A
- Case key
- 143001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3706 74/10/11 NEWARK,NJ PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1265 TIME - 1125 N7940Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 210 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- DRIVER OF TRACTOR MOWER DID NOT SEE ACFT UNTIL MOWER MADE CONTACT WITH ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7940Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newark Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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