- Date
- October 20, 1979
- Place
- Kilgore, TX · KILGORE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N85703Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791020029699A
- Case key
- 133415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2561 79/10/20 KILGORE,TX AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1110 N85703 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 755 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 214 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KILGORE COMMUNITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KILGORE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85703
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kilgore Community
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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.