Downer 17-30 N4847V

22 January 1978 · Lancaster, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 January 1978 at about 12:25 local time, a Downer 17-30 registered N4847V was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Lancaster, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 January 1978 at 12:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Lancaster, California, United States
Nearest airport: Gen.william J.fox
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Downer 17-30
Registration: N4847V
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0473

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CESSNA 150, N7117S, SUBST DAMAGE, UNATTENDED.HAND PROP TO START, ROLLED INTO CESSNA.PAX DID NOT BRAKE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0473, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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