Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary FTW87LA092

ALTUS, OK, USA

Aircraft #1

N402BC

CESSNA 402B

Analysis

A 17 YEAR OLD NON RATED PILOT AND 3 OF HIS FRIENDS ATTEMPTED TO STEAL THE ARCFT. AFTER THE ENGINES WERE STARTED POWER WAS APPLIED AND CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST IMMEDIATELY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A HANGAR AND CONTINUED ACROSS THE TAXIWAY WHERE THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY THE HANGAR IMPACT AND THE LEFT PROP STRIKING THE GROUND.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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