- Date
- February 4, 1973
- Place
- Bath, NC · BATH, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N75368Aeronca 7DC
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730204001779A
- Case key
- 169568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0042 73/2/4 BATH,NC AERONCA 7DC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 258 TIME - 1615 N75368 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW BERN,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED FALLING LEAF MANEUVER ACFT ENTRD SPIN.HIT TREES DRG RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75368
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7DC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.