- Date
- February 25, 1977
- Place
- Saginaw, TX · SAGINAW, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N53788Aeronca 0-58B
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770225004239A
- Case key
- 157184
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0307 77/2/25 SAGINAW,TX AERONCA 0-58B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 470 TIME - 1730 N53788 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLIVER FARM ARPT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAGINAW,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53788
- Reported as
- Aeronca 0-58B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oliver Farm Arpt
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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.