- Date
- October 3, 1971
- Place
- Recluse, WY · RECLUSE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N36520Aeronca 65-TL
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164269
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3957 71/10/3 RECLUSE,WYO AERONCA 65-TL CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 204 TIME - 1300 N36520 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GILLETE,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- TKOF FROM SNOW COVERED PRAIRIE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36520
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-TL
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N36520Registration cancelled Oct 2, 2014 · Aeronca 65-TLAirframe modelAeronca 65-TLEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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