- Date
- April 7, 1974
- Place
- Fluvanna, TX · FLUVANNA, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N83297Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740407008329A
- Case key
- 186426
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0771 74/4/7 FLUVANNA,TEX AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N83297 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 44, 1511 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 164 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SNYDER,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 330 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT FLYNG LO ALONG RIM OF CAP ROCK. LOST CTL,UN RECOVER BFOR STRIKING TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83297
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.