- Date
- November 12, 1966
- Place
- Plainwell, MI · PLAINWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36940Aeronca 65-TAC
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120169
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3564 66/11/12 PLAINWELL MICH AERONCA 65-TAC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 45, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N36940 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTSEGO-PLAINWELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK WIND TEE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36940
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-TAC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Otsego-Plainwell
N36940Registration cancelled Jul 23, 2002 · Aeronca 65-TACAirframe modelAeronca 65-TACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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