- Date
- November 20, 1966
- Place
- Prairie Farm, WI · PRAIRIE FARM, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N85569Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3908 66/11/20 PRAIRIE FARM WIS AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 240 TIME - 0900 N85569 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARMON BROS. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE REMARKS- FROST ON ACFT WINGS. WINGTIP STRUCK BRUSH AFTER TAKEOFF ON ROAD FAILED.AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85569
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harmon Bros.
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