- Date
- September 27, 1973
- Place
- Carrolltown, PA · CARROLLTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2768EAeronca 7DC
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730927032579A
- Case key
- 188028
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3461 73/9/27 CARROLLTOWN,PA AERONCA 7DC CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 52 TOTAL TIME - 1245 N2768E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGANTOWN,W VA INDIANA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- PLT UN ORIENTATE PSN,TUNED OMNI WHILE INBOUND.BECAME NAUSEATED,DECIDED TO LAND ASAP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2768E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7DC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.