- Date
- February 20, 1977
- Place
- Elizabethtown, KY · ELIZABETHTOWN, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N82244Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770220005059A
- Case key
- 157859
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1470 77/2/20 ELIZABETHTOWN,KY AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N82244 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 5153 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 251 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEN FLOYD FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELIZABETHTOWN,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TRIED TO RET TO FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82244
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ben Floyd Field
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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.