- Date
- February 15, 1968
- Place
- Gadsden, AL · GADSDEN, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N82408Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0403 68/2/15 GADSDEN,ALA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 38 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N82408 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GADSDEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- DESCENDED TOO LOW FOR SAFE RECOVERY DURING PRACTICE FORCED LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82408
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gadsden