- Date
- December 24, 1966
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9817YAeronca 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119940
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4137 66/12/24 HOUSTON TEX AERONCA 7FC CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1445 N9817Y PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 49, 2305 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 8 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIRMANS FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF DUAL STUDENT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT LEVELLED OFF TOO HIGH.OVER CORRECTION MADE SUDDENLY. DIVED AIRCRAFT INTO RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9817Y
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Airmans Field
N9817YRegistered now · Champion AERONCA 7FCAirframe modelChampion AERONCA 7FCEngine modelContinental C90 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.