- Date
- May 30, 1973
- Place
- Ripley, TN · RIPLEY, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4884EAeronca 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730530016129A
- Case key
- 190183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1778 73/5/30 RIPLEY,TENN AERONCA 7FC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 50 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N4884E PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEXTER,MO RIPLEY,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LNDD IN UNIMPROVED WEED FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4884E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4884E · 1
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