- Date
- October 1, 1966
- Place
- Middletown, OH · MIDDLETOWN, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82889Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120684
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2979 66/10/1 MIDDLETOWN OHIO AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 358 TIME - 1620 N82889 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 303 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDDLETOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CROSSWIND GUSTY TO 20 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82889
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Middletown
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