- Date
- August 12, 1965
- Place
- Ft Pierce, FL · FT PIERCE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81789Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178652
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2447 65/8/12 FT PIERCE FLA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1545 N81789 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH BRUSH. OFF AIRPORT OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81789
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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