- Date
- May 11, 1975
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N714HWAeronca 15AC
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750511009829A
- Case key
- 148593
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0825 75/5/11 BAKERSFIELD,CA AERONCA 15AC CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 518 TIME - 1730 N714HW PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 156 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAKERSFIELD AIRPK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) DUAL STUDENT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- NON IP LET STUDENT MAKE 1ST CONV GR TKOF.STUDENT LOST CTL,IP TOOK OVER CTLS & STUDENT CUT PWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714HW
- Reported as
- Aeronca 15AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bakersfield Airpk
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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.