- Date
- May 13, 1973
- Place
- Murray, KY · MURRAY, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N81941Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730513012789A
- Case key
- 190520
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1208 73/5/13 MURRAY,KY AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 1198 TIME - 1700 N81941 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 101 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRANDON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MURRAY,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: OTHER FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DOOR/PANEL OPEN REMARKS- ENGINE COWL CAME OPEN DRG CLB AFTR TKOF.PILOT UN TO MAINTAIN FLT,DSCNDD INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81941
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brandon
N81941Registration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.