- Date
- July 5, 1969
- Place
- Plant City, FL · PLANT CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2894EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3061 69/7/5 PLANT CITY,FLA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 36 TOTAL TIME - 1115 N2894E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLANT CITY,FLA PLANT CITY,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 90 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2894E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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