- Date
- September 6, 1968
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N36680Aeronca 65-TAF
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3060 68/9/6 FORT WORTH,TEX AERONCA 65-TAF CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 205 TIME - 1830 N36680 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUSSELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT DID NOT CLEAR ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36680
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-TAF
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Russell
N36680Registration cancelled Oct 2, 2014 · Aeronca 65-TAFAirframe modelAeronca 65-TAFEngine modelFranklin 4AC176B series
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