- Date
- August 18, 1973
- Place
- Prospect, PA · PROSPECT, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23518Aeronca 11AC
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730818027769A
- Case key
- 189629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1922 73/8/18 PROSPECT,PA AERONCA 11AC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 1725 TIME - 1800 N23518 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEADON STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- ACFT EITHER MAKING LOW PASS OR APCH TO STRIP. LOST CTL IN LOW L TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23518
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beadon Strip
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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.