- Date
- June 24, 1973
- Place
- Gibbs Com, TN · GIBBS COM, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2762CAeronca 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730624020779A
- Case key
- 190045
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1997 73/6/24 GIBBS COM,TENN AERONCA 7BCM CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 171 TIME - 1615 N2762C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EDD WILSON FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POWELL,TENN GIBBS COM,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY REMARKS- STEERABLE TAIL WHEEL INOPERATIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2762C
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Edd Wilson Farm
N2762CRegistration cancelled May 22, 2015 · Aeronca 7BCMAirframe modelAeronca 7BCMEngine modelContinental C85 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.