- Date
- March 6, 1979
- Place
- Blakely, GA · BLAKELY, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N83796Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790306004169A
- Case key
- 137212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2071 79/3/6 NR.BLAKELY,GA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 337 TIME - 1830 N83796 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLAKELY,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- #3 CYL EXH VALVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83796
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N83796Registration cancelled Apr 10, 2013 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N83796 · 1
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