- Date
- February 26, 1966
- Place
- Altus, OK · ALTUS, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10449Aeronca L-16A
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173857
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0311 66/2/26 ALTUS OKLA AERONCA L-16A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 750 TIME - 1615 N10449 PX- 0 0 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALTUS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10449
- Reported as
- Aeronca L-16A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Altus
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