- Date
- October 17, 1976
- Place
- Cross Plains, TN · CROSS PLAINS, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N83389Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761017034009A
- Case key
- 157092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4174 76/10/17 CROSS PLAINS,TN AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 226 TIME - 1500 N83389 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTLAND,TN CROSS PLAINS,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83389
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- 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.