- Date
- September 18, 1977
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MN · GRAND RAPIDS, MN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3702EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770918041029A
- Case key
- 144736
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3720 77/9/18 GRAND RAPIDS,MN AERONCA 7AC CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 414 TIME - 1740 N3702E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JAY GOULD LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND RAPIDS,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.SHARP PULL-UP OVR TREES.PLT BLOOD ALC0HOL LVL 102 MG%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3702E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jay Gould Lake
N3702ERegistration cancelled May 24, 2012 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental C90 series
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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.