- Date
- June 29, 1969
- Place
- Clifton, CO · CLIFTON, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2704EAeronca 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165915
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3063 69/6/29 CLIFTON,COLO AERONCA 7BCM CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 105 TIME - 0500 N2704E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALKER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLIFTON,COLO GRAND JUNCTION TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- T/O FROM FARM FIELD, SOFT CLAY, GRASS 6-8 IN HIGH. TURNED TO AVOID OBSTN,WING TIP HIT GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2704E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Walker County
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