- Date
- April 26, 1967
- Place
- Pennington Gap, VA · PENNINGTON GAP, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N83762Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117669
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1291 67/4/26 PENNINGTON GAP,VA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 93 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N83762 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- TAKE OFF MADE FROM FARM FIELD. RIGHT GEAR KNOCKED OFF ON T/O, LFT GR ON SUBSEQUENT LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83762
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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