- Date
- September 5, 1976
- Place
- Prairieburg, IA · PRAIRIEBURG, IA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N81486Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760905029769A
- Case key
- 155866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2763 76/9/5 PRAIRIEBURG,IA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 45, TIME - 1715 N81486 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 1000 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASSMER,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY REMARKS- PERFORMING LOW LEVEL MANEUVERS AND DROPPING PAPER FROM AIRCRAFT NEAR FRIENDS HOUSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81486
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.