- Date
- April 9, 1971
- Place
- Lancaster, OH · LANCASTER, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9656HAeronca 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160426
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1153 71/4/9 LANCASTER,OHIO AERONCA 7BCM CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 252 TIME - 1000 N9656H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRFIELD COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 28K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9656H
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairfield County
N9656HRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Aeronca 7BCMAirframe modelAeronca 7BCMEngine modelContinental C85 series
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