- Date
- December 4, 1971
- Place
- Decorah, IA · DECORAH, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N85286Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164776
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4547 71/12/4 DECORAH,IOWA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 43, TIME - 1200 N85286 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 300 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUTTON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DECORAH,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT STATED ACFT GROUND LOOPED,PAX STATED ENG LOST PWR,CRASHED AFTER TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85286
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sutton Field
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