- Date
- January 10, 1974
- Place
- Arboles, CO · ARBOLES, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N68588Aeronca 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740110001209A
- Case key
- 187265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0053 74/1/10 NR.ARBOLES,COLO AERONCA 7BCM CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 217 TIME - 1720 N68588 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN LUIS,COLO PRICE,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL APPROACHING DARKNESS REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK TELFON WIRES WHILE LDG ON ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68588
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N68588 · 1
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