- Date
- February 7, 1971
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3155HEroupe 415CD
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159905
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0624 71/2/7 PALO ALTO,CALIF EROUPE 415CD CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 223 TIME - 1418 N3155H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CALIF PALO ALTO,CALIF 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 PROPPEP ACFT WO PRECAUTIONS.ACFT HIT PARKED ACFT,DMG SUBSTNTL,NR UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3155H
- Reported as
- Eroupe 415CD
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palo Alto
N3155HRegistered now · Ercoupe 415-CDAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CDEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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