- Date
- August 14, 1972
- Place
- Sisseton, SD · SISSETON, SD
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3174CAeronca 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167630
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1187 72/8/14 SISSETON,S DAK AERONCA 7BCM CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 365 TIME - 1900 N3174C PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SISSETON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SISSETON,S DAK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 87 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALT ABOUT 4000 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3174C
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sisseton