- Date
- February 1, 1970
- Place
- Turner Falls, MA · TURNER FALLS, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N85191Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144204
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0712 70/2/1 TURNER FALLS,MASS AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 372 TIME - 1305 N85191 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 342 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TURNERS FALLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TURNER FALLS,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LNDD SHORT OF RNWY,BOUNCED,HIT SNOW BANK.WATER FOUND IN GAS STRAINER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85191
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Turners Falls
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Other investigations on N85191 · 2
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