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NYC65F0146

1965-04-05 · EMPORIA, Virginia, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N4245A has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH V35B, built 1970), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER PA-19 · N4245A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A0
Operator type
L
Airport
EMPORIA MUN
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
55° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,417 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
33
Age
20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N AT CONTROLS

Investigator remarks

PILOT HAND PROPPED ENGINE WITH UNQUALIFIED PERSO

Cause factors

  • 64/A/37 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0715. Source file NTSB_1965_3_0715.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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