- Date
- September 8, 1966
- Place
- Gurdon, AR · GURDON, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N85695Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121111
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2525 66/9/8 GURDON ARK AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 240 TIME - 1730 N85695 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GURDON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PILOT@S LEFT FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CONTROL CABLE CLAMP AND LEFT HEEL BRAKE. AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BARREL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85695
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gurdon
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