- Date
- January 8, 1971
- Place
- Selma, CA · SELMA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7288JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132497
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0018 71/1/8 SELMA,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N7288J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 24, 1886 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SELMA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SELMA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- BATTERY DEAD. PLT DEPLANED TO PROP ACFT. WAS STRUCK ON HEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7288J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Selma
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