- Date
- September 8, 1973
- Place
- Gettysburg, PA · GETTYSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N84591Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730908028269A
- Case key
- 188679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2362 73/9/8 GETTYSBURG,PA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 22 TOTAL TIME - 1440 N84591 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOERSAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GETTYSBURG,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- DRG RCVRY PLT ATMTD ADD PWR PUT THE NOSE DOWN.L WING HIT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84591
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Doersam
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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.