- Date
- September 24, 1966
- Place
- Warwick, NJ · WARWICK, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N11088Aeronca 7GCA
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121201
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2642 66/9/24 WARWICK NJ AERONCA 7GCA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N11088 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 34, 2800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- CONTROL STICK IN REAR SEAT WAS JAMMED WHEN SPARE PARACHUTE BECAME LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11088
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7GCA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N11088Registration cancelled Dec 5, 2016 · Champion 7GCAAAirframe modelChampion 7GCAAEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N11088 · 1
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