- Date
- December 26, 1969
- Place
- Grover City, CA · GROVER CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1782KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145582
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4559 69/12/26 GROVER CITY,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 1560 TIME - 2130 N1782K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 137 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GROVER CITY,CALIF LOCAL 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- PLT PROPPED ENG. STRUCK PIPER PA-18 N1850A,SUBSTL DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1782K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oceano