- Date
- March 15, 1974
- Place
- Mckean, PA · MCKEAN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N26331Aeronca 65-LA
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186464
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0720 74/3/15 MCKEAN,PA AERONCA 65-LA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 61 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N26331 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAISLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCKEAN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SANDY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- ON FINAL APCH PLT EXPD PARTIAL PWR FAILURE.LNDD IN OPEN FLD SHORT OF RWY.CARB HEAT FULL ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26331
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-LA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waisley
N26331Registration cancelled Feb 12, 2018 · Aeronca 65-LAAirframe modelAeronca 65-LAEngine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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