- Date
- April 10, 1965
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5506WPiper PA28
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179877
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0211 65/4/10 SACRAMENTO CALIF PIPER PA28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 46 TOTAL TIME - 1650 N5506W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO MUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO USE ADEQUATE CAUTION IN MOVING PROP WITH MAGNETO SWITCH ON
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5506W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Sacramento Mun
N5506WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5506W · 1
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