- Date
- January 30, 1974
- Place
- Dayton, TN · DAYTON, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N83053Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740130002589A
- Case key
- 186979
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0332 74/1/30 NR.DAYTON,TENN AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1200 TIME - 1830 N83053 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTON,TENN JASPER,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STRUCK POWER LINES WHILE ATTEMPTING FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83053
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N83053Registration cancelled Nov 13, 2012 · Champion 7ACAirframe modelChampion 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N83053 · 1
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