- Date
- October 5, 1969
- Place
- Goldthwaite, TX · GOLDTHWAITE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N36845Aeronca 65-TAC
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2778 69/10/5 GOLDTHWAITE,TEX AERONCA 65-TAC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1245 N36845 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 34, 448 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COMMANCHE,TEX COMMANCHE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG LOST POWER. LANDED ON ROAD DUE TO MUDDY FLDS FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN. R WG STRUCK FENCE POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36845
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-TAC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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