- Date
- September 15, 1978
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4739EAeronca 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780915050689A
- Case key
- 139511
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4408 78/9/15 NR.FAIRBANKS,AK AERONCA 7EC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 1950 TIME - 1200 N4739E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BRADLEY SKY RANCH,AK CLEAR,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- 366MG% ALCOHOL IN PILOTS BLOOD.FLAT TUNDRA WITH SCRUB TREES.RECOVERED 5/14/79.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4739E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4739ERegistration cancelled Nov 27, 2012 · Aeronca 7ECAirframe modelAeronca 7ECEngine modelContinental C90 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4739E · 1
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