- Date
- July 20, 1965
- Place
- Athens, TN · ATHENS, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N85243Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2113 65/7/20 NR.ATHENS TENN AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 330 TIME - 1905 N85243 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLIDED WITH: TREES PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- STARTED SPIN RECOVERY AT TOO LOW ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85243
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N85243Registered now · Aeronca 7AC-CONVAirframe modelAeronca 7AC-CONVEngine modelContinental C85-12F
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