- Date
- September 5, 1966
- Place
- Essex, IA · ESSEX, IA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N48243Aeronca 058B
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120792
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3256 66/9/5 ESSEX IOWA AERONCA 058B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 536 TIME - 1805 N48243 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ESSEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48243
- Reported as
- Aeronca 058B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Essex
N48243Registration cancelled Aug 7, 2012 · Aeronca 0-58BAirframe modelAeronca 0-58BEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N48243 · 1
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