- Date
- September 17, 1966
- Place
- Charlton City, MA · CHARLTON CITY, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1143VAeronca 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121188
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2630 66/9/17 CHARLTON CITY MAS AERONCA 7BCM CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 545 TIME - 1715 N1143V PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1143V
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1143VRegistered now · Champion AERONCA 7BCMAirframe modelChampion AERONCA 7BCMEngine modelContinental C85 series
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