- Date
- September 17, 1973
- Place
- Birch Lake, AK · BIRCH LAKE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N85009Aeronca S7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730917034209A
- Case key
- 188229
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3204 73/9/17 BIRCH LAKE,ALAS AERONCA S7BCM CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 222 TIME - 2020 N85009 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLAIR LAKE,ALAS BIRCH LAKE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISREAD ALTIMETER PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOATS.ACFT NOT EQUIPPED FOR NIGHT OPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85009
- Reported as
- Aeronca S7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.