- Date
- May 1, 1965
- Place
- Limerick, PA · LIMERICK, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10308Aeronca C-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178141
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0367 65/5/1 LIMERICK PA AERONCA C-2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1350 N10308 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 66, 12000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POTTSTOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10308
- Reported as
- Aeronca C-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pottstown
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