- Date
- June 30, 1969
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N84168Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168964
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2212 69/6/30 YUMA,ARIZA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 2100 TIME - 2200 N84168 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN FIELD LIT BY CAR HEADLIGHTS. PLT THOUGHT IT WAS AN AG STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84168
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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