- Date
- December 3, 1981
- Place
- Syracuse, NY · SYRACUSE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1087HPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811203078469A
- Case key
- 122578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3517 81/12/3 SYRACUSE,NY PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N1087H PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 21, 845 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 97 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANCOCK INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYRACUSE,NY ITHACA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- MANUALLY PSND PROP AFTER UN TO ENGAGE STARTER,ENG STARTED. 1 PAX ON WING,FELL OFF.FND BATTERY DEAD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1087H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hancock Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1087H · 1
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