- Date
- January 14, 1981
- Place
- Levan, UT · LEVAN, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8MMAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810114000239A
- Case key
- 127169
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0126 81/1/14 NR.LEVAN,UT AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N8MM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 25, 450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 19 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEVAN,UT HEBER,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FULL THROTTLE MOVEMENT WAS RESTRICTED.ACFT FLOWN 8HRS SINCE BEING REBUILT,ALSO TOTAL PAST 8YRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8MM
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.