- Date
- October 18, 1964
- Place
- Houghton, MI · HOUGHTON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N72856Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186019
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3251 64/10/18 HOUGHTON MICH CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 46 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N72856 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOUGHTON COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PILOT PROPPED ENGINE WITH AIRCRAFT UNOCUPPIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72856
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Houghton County
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