- Date
- February 6, 1967
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL · FORT MYERS, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N85857Aeronca 11AC
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118909
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0439 67/2/6 FORT MYERS,FLA AERONCA 11AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1820 N85857 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 1968 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 85 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAGE FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- 30 DEG LEFT CROSSWIND,13KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85857
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Page Field
N85857Registration cancelled Dec 29, 2022 · Aeronca 11ACAirframe modelAeronca 11ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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