- Date
- April 25, 1973
- Place
- Rice Lake, WI · RICE LAKE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N85010Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730425019609A
- Case key
- 201656
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1936 73/4/25 RICE LAKE,WIS AERONCA 7AC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 555 TIME - 1718 N85010 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARROWHEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICE LAKE,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION MISCELLANEOUS - SUICIDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PLT LEFT A SUICIDE NOTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85010
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Arrowhead
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.