- Date
- August 18, 1976
- Place
- Bally, PA · BALLY, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9807EAeronca 11BC
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760818029029A
- Case key
- 155486
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2427 76/8/18 BALLY,PA AERONCA 11BC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 600 TIME - 1505 N9807E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUTTER VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALLY,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SYS INTEGRITY DESTROYED ON IMPACT.PLT TURNED BACK TO AIRPORT.OTHER LDG SITES AVAILABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9807E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11BC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Butter Valley
N9807ERegistration cancelled Dec 1, 2014 · Aeronca 11BCAirframe modelAeronca 11BCEngine modelContinental C85 series
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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.