- Date
- July 16, 1965
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2174EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0351 65/7/16 TAMPA FLA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 185 TIME - 2130 N2174E PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VANDENBERG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- DIRT PILES BANKED ALONG SIDE RUNWAY.N2174E NOT EQUIPPED WITH LDG LITES-UNLITED ARPT-MOONLESS NITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2174E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vandenberg
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