- Date
- November 7, 1971
- Place
- Oxford, CT · OXFORD, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4493EAeronca 7DC
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4157 71/11/7 OXFORD,CONN AERONCA 7DC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 849 TIME - 1340 N4493E PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERBURY-OXFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXFORD,CONN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 13 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 30K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4493E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7DC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waterbury-Oxford
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