- Date
- March 4, 1973
- Place
- Indian Trail, NC · INDIAN TRAIL, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2840EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730304004019A
- Case key
- 169851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0405 73/3/4 INDIAN TRAIL,NC AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N2840E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 768 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 7 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOOSE CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILGROVE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- 2ND APCH,BOUNCED LDG,ACFT VEERED L,PLT INITIATED GOARND-DSCNDD ONTO MUDDY EARTH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2840E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goose Creek
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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.