- Date
- May 8, 1966
- Place
- Clear, AK · CLEAR, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81660Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1278 66/5/8 CLEAR ALAS AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 34, TIME - 2100 N81660 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 21 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- LANDED OPPOSITE NIGHT CLUB ON UNLIGHTED ROAD AT NIGHT IN RAIN.NO EMERGENCY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81660
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clear Sky Lodge
N81660Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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