- Date
- July 8, 1979
- Place
- Spring Lake, MI · SPRING LAKE, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N85092Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790708016829A
- Case key
- 135292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1995 79/7/8 SPRING LAKE,MI AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 160 TIME - 1755 N85092 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND HAVEN,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- WHILE CRCLNG NR HIS HM,PLT BCM UNCONSCIOUS AFTR SHOUTING TO SOMEONE ON GND. FLEW 5 FLTSW/O EATING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85092
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.