- Date
- September 2, 1975
- Place
- Laplata, MD · LAPLATA, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N46673Aeronca SO-58B
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750902035889A
- Case key
- 151419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3823 75/9/2 LAPLATA,MD AERONCA SO-58B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 500 TIME - 1600 N46673 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TKOF FM COW PASTURE WHICH WAS ROUGH AND CONTAINED GULLIES NOSED INTO SMALL HILL AT DEPT END OF FLD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46673
- Reported as
- Aeronca SO-58B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.