- Date
- April 10, 1971
- Place
- Chatham, MA · CHATHAM, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46058Aeronca L3B
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161032
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1201 71/4/10 CHATHAM,MASS AERONCA L3B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 17 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N46058 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CATHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHATHAM,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT VEERED TO L,PLT USED FULL R RUDDER,R BRAKE,AND FULL THROTTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46058
- Reported as
- Aeronca L3B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Catham
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Other investigations on N46058 · 1
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