- Date
- July 16, 1972
- Place
- Culpeper, VA · CULPEPER, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N81637Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1052 72/7/16 CULPEPER,VA AERONCA 7AC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 408 TIME - 1430 N81637 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 276 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CULPEPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CULPEPER,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT WIRE STRUNG BETWEEN BLDGS LDG ON FRIENDS FARM. PLT SURVEYED FLD SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81637
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Culpeper
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