- Date
- September 12, 1964
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2385HErcoupe 415
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1962
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2875 64/9/12 SAN JOSE CALIF ERCOUPE 415 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 53, 54 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N2385H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID-HILLVIEW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PILOT PROPPED ENGINE, AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED. PARKED AIRCRAFT CESSNA 140 N76086 SUBST. DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2385H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reid-Hillview
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