- Date
- October 24, 1965
- Place
- Furnace Creek, CA · FURNACE CREEK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5478YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3498 65/10/24 FURNACE CREEK CAL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N5478Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 29, 1867 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 21 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RAMP/TAXIWAY SURFACE REMARKS- PROPELLERS STRUCK GROUND WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED THROUGH A LOW AREA ON TAXIWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5478Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Furn
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