- Date
- May 17, 1979
- Place
- Bellevue, WA · BELLEVUE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4903CCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790517016239A
- Case key
- 135906
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1634 79/5/17 BELLEVUE,WA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1625 N4903C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 688 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 385 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLEVUE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLEVUE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PLT PROPPED ENG. ACFT HIT HANGAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4903C
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bellevue
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4903C · 1
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