- Date
- July 12, 1967
- Place
- Rochester, NY · ROCHESTER, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3960EAeronca 11BC
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115849
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0554 67/7/12 ROCHESTER,NY AERONCA 11BC CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 50 TOTAL TIME - 0835 N3960E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLOATAIR SEAPLANE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3960E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11BC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Floatair Seaplane
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