- Date
- December 14, 1973
- Place
- Marble Falls, TX · MARBLE FALLS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2603EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731214040059A
- Case key
- 187499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3892 73/12/14 MARBLE FALLS,TEX AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 6035 TIME - 1730 N2603E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORSESHOE BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARBLE FALLS,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL COPILOT - CONTROL INTERFERENCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- PLT LOST CONTROL DURING LANDING,GEAR COLLAPSED ON IMPACT WITH ROCKS.OTHER PLT ON CONTROLS ALSO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2603E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Horseshoe Bay
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2603E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.