- Date
- July 31, 1969
- Place
- Hopedale, MA · HOPEDALE, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N85817Aeronca 11BC
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161291
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3378 69/7/31 HOPEDALE,MASS AERONCA 11BC CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 24 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N85817 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOPEDALE-DRAPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOPEDALE,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- GROUND LOOPED TO R,STRUCK ROCK PILE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85817
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11BC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hopedale-Draper
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