- Date
- July 4, 1966
- Place
- Hartland, NY · HARTLAND, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2550EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171397
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1554 66/7/4 HARTLAND NY AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 99 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N2550E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GASPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2550E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gasport
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