- Date
- May 15, 1978
- Place
- Burnsville, NC · BURNSVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N68515Aeronca 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780515011149A
- Case key
- 142391
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1083 78/5/15 BURNSVILLE,NC AERONCA 7ECA CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N68515 PX- 0 1 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE AGE 70, 8923 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HENDERSONVILLE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- CAP SEARCH FOR DOWNED ACFT.LOOKING TO RIGHT IN LEFT TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68515
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7ECA
- 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.