- Date
- August 5, 1965
- Place
- Spokane, WA · SPOKANE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6121DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176697
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2538 65/8/5 SPOKANE WASH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1925 N6121D PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FELTS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES REMARKS- PILOT STARTED ENGINE WITH THROTTLE ADVANCED. PARKED AIRCRAFT ERCOUPE 415C N3143H SUBST. DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6121D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Felts
N6121DRegistration cancelled Feb 11, 2013 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N6121D · 1
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