- Date
- February 11, 1967
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N85862Aeronca 11AC
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118867
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0402 67/2/11 LAS CRUCES,N MEX AERONCA 11AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 65 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N85862 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UNIVERSITY ARPT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK PILE OF ASPHAULT CHUNKS 4 FEET HIGH,PILED OFF RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85862
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- University Arpt
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