- Date
- September 21, 1974
- Place
- Luverne, AL · LUVERNE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1875EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740921039289A
- Case key
- 138600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3841 74/9/21 NR.LUVERNE,ALA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 69 TOTAL TIME - 0920 N1875E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANK SIKES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BECAME AIRBORNE AT SLO SPEED.TURNED AND UNABLE CLIMB OVER TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1875E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Frank Sikes
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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.