- Date
- November 28, 1975
- Place
- Watertown, SD · WATERTOWN, SD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4293EAeronca 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751128038159A
- Case key
- 151745
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3629 75/11/28 WATERTOWN,SD AERONCA 7BCM CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 46, 250 TIME - 1430 N4293E PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERTOWN,SD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- 30-40FT AGL ACFT SUDDENLY PITCHED DOWN & LEFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4293E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- 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.