- Date
- July 22, 1975
- Place
- Big Springs, NE · BIG SPRINGS, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N84555Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750722019079A
- Case key
- 149510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1800 75/7/22 BIG SPRINGS,NE AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 13 TOTAL TIME - 2015 N84555 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARMSTRONG FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG SPRINGS,NE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- PLT BECAME AWARE OF WIRES,ATMTD GO UNDER,STRUCK TOP WIRE AND LWR WIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84555
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Armstrong Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N84555 · 2
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