- Date
- November 29, 1971
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL · BELLE GLADE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N82473Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3691 71/11/29 BELLE GLADE,FLA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0641 N82473 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 30, 824 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 290 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM BEACH COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAHOKEE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - LOW CEILING SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DAWN FLT.PLT LOST REF TO HORIZON,ACFT NOT EQPD FOR INST FLT.7FT SECT R WING SEPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82473
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palm Beach County
N82473Registration cancelled Dec 19, 2018 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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