- Date
- August 31, 1968
- Place
- Turners Fall, MA · TURNERS FALL, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1317VAeronca L-16A
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3021 68/8/31 TURNERS FALL,MASS AERONCA L-16A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 521 TIME - 1300 N1317V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TURNERS FALLS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1317V
- Reported as
- Aeronca L-16A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Turners Falls
N1317VRegistration cancelled Apr 3, 2020 · Aeronca 7BCMAirframe modelAeronca 7BCMEngine modelContinental C85 series
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