- Date
- April 22, 1967
- Place
- W Palm Beach, FL · W PALM BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N85956Aeronca 11AC
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0180 67/4/22 W PALM BEACH,FLA AERONCA 11AC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 200 TIME - 1830 N85956 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PILOT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.1438 PERCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85956
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N85956Registration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Aeronca 11ACAirframe modelAeronca 11ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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