- Date
- November 27, 1980
- Place
- Mansfield, MA · MANSFIELD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N12706Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801127076419A
- Case key
- 201170
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3488 80/11/27 MANSFIELD,MA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 256 TIME - 0745 N12706 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 206 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANSFIELD MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANSFIELD,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT STATED PRIMED ENG TWICE & NOTICED FIRE AFT SECOND START ATTEMPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12706
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mansfield Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N12706 · 1
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