- Date
- July 8, 1973
- Place
- Kershaw, SC · KERSHAW, SC
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N82561Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730708020609A
- Case key
- 189554
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1924 73/7/8 KERSHAW,SC AERONCA 7AC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, UNK/NR TIME - 1250 N82561 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KERSHAW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KERSHAW,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- ACFT STALLED IN STEEP TURN TO OPEN FLD. DMG PRECLUDED REASON FOR ENG FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82561
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kershaw
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.