- Date
- May 20, 1978
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5941GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780520012079A
- Case key
- 142474
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1219 78/5/20 ALLENTOWN,PA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N5941G PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 28, 1305 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLENTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLENTOWN,PA SLATINGTON,PA 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- PILOT HAND PROP UNATTENDED ACFT.STRUCK CESSNA NT835U-MINOR DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5941G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allentown
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5941G · 1
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