- Date
- August 13, 1978
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7193UMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780813021719A
- Case key
- 139916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1908 78/8/13 FRESNO,CA MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 519 TIME - 1030 N7193U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRESNO AIR TERM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CA 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- PILOT HAND PROPPED WHILE PASSENGER MONITORED CONTROLS.ACFT N7367V SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7193U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fresno Air Term
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7193U · 1
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