- Date
- February 12, 1978
- Place
- Hinckley, MN · HINCKLEY, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50435Aeronca O-58B
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780212023189A
- Case key
- 143465
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2315 78/2/12 HINCKLEY,MN AERONCA O-58B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 21, TIME - 1615 N50435 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 26 TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HINCKLEY,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- FLT PHASE UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50435
- Reported as
- Aeronca O-58B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N50435Registration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Aeronca 0-58BAirframe modelAeronca 0-58BEngine modelContinental A&C65 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.