- Date
- January 22, 1965
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA · TEWKSBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N26946Piper J5A
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0091 65/1/22 TEWKSBURY MASS PIPER J5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N26946 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEW MAC 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- STARTED ENGINE WITH AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED. PARKED AIRCRAFT PIPER J5 N1560P SUB DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26946
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tew Mac
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