- Date
- April 21, 1967
- Place
- Turner, ME · TURNER, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N36857Aeronca 65-TAC
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1256 67/4/21 TURNER,ME AERONCA 65-TAC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 143 TIME - 1435 N36857 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 123 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWITCHELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36857
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-TAC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Twitchell
N36857Registration cancelled Jun 18, 2026 · Aeronca 65-TACAirframe modelAeronca 65-TACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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