- Date
- August 5, 1966
- Place
- Sterling, AK · STERLING, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4883EAeronca 7GC
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121838
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3334 66/8/5 STERLING ALAS AERONCA 7GC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 1853 TIME - 1620 N4883E PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1161 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOOSE RIVER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLOAT PLANE STRUCK TREE ON RIVER BANK WHILE MAKING DOWNWIND TAXI TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4883E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7GC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moose River
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