- Date
- December 1, 1977
- Place
- Sunset Beach, CA · SUNSET BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N81929Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771201037489A
- Case key
- 158670
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3674 77/12/1 SUNSET BEACH CA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 1 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1000 N81929 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 48, 19000 TOTAL HOURS, 52 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGTON BEACH,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT COPILOT - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- BOTH PLTS THOUGHT OTHER PLT WAS FLYING ACFT. SANK IN OCEAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81929
- 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.