- Date
- July 4, 1978
- Place
- Vanceboro, NC · VANCEBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N81452Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780704019089A
- Case key
- 141383
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1579 78/7/4 VANCEBORO,NC AERONCA 7AC CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1845 N81452 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANCEBORO,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING DUAL STUDENT - FAILURE TO RELINQUISH CONTROL REMARKS- STUDENT PLT CHECKING OUT NON-RATED PLT.STALLED IN CLIMB AFTER LOW PASS BY PARENTS HOME.AUTO GAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81452
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.