- Date
- May 8, 1969
- Place
- Sedalia, CO · SEDALIA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84902Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1806 69/5/8 SEDALIA,COLO AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N84902 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 36, 3450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LITTLETON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- WATER ACCUMULATION IN FUSELAGE. ACFT NORMALLY TIED DOWN OUTSIDE.HEAVY RAINS SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR FLT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84902
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Littleton
N84902Registration cancelled Mar 7, 2018 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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