- Date
- January 6, 1972
- Place
- Huron, SD · HURON, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4256EAeronca 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1274 72/1/6 HURON,S DAK AERONCA 7BCM CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 275 TIME - 1230 N4256E PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HURON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIOUX FALLS,S DAK HURON,S DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 28 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SKI-EQPD.FLIPPED OVR DRG TURN AROUND IN FLD ADJ TO ARPT.6-8IN SNOW ON GND.WIND GUSTING 34K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4256E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Huron Muni
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