- Date
- April 16, 1970
- Place
- Puyallup, WA · PUYALLUP, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2641HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129876
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1856 70/4/16 PUYALLUP,WASH ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 219 TIME - 1750 N2641H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDUSTRIAL AIR PK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUYALLUP,WASH 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 POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SWITCHES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OPEN REMARKS- ACFT NOT TIED DWN,UNMANNED.ENG STRTD DRG HANDPROPPING.DEF MAG GND WIRE.HIT UNIDD F22,ALSO HANGARS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2641H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Industrial Air Pk
N2641HRegistration cancelled Nov 22, 1976 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C
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