- Date
- December 14, 1973
- Place
- Stratton, CO · STRATTON, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N49112Aeronca L-3
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731214040839A
- Case key
- 187533
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3809 73/12/14 NR.STRATTON,COLO AERONCA L-3 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 5000 TIME - 0820 N49112 PX- 0 0 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STRATTON,COLO STRATTON,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-SLIPPED IN BOARDING ACFT,FELL TO GRND. REMARKS- ACFT TOOK OFF UNMANNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49112
- Reported as
- Aeronca L-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N49112Registration cancelled Feb 13, 1974 · Aeronca 0-58BAirframe modelAeronca 0-58BEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.