- Date
- August 17, 1970
- Place
- Odon, IN · ODON, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4309CAeronca 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191871
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3513 70/8/17 ODON,IND AERONCA 7EC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 285 TIME - 2000 N4309C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- ROUGH FARM FLD.BOUNCED INTO AIR,SETTLED,GR TORN OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4309C
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4309CRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 1976 · Champion 7ECAirframe modelChampion 7ECEngine modelContinental C90 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.