- Date
- July 10, 1977
- Place
- Johnstown, NY · JOHNSTOWN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1488EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770710020789A
- Case key
- 146149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1858 77/7/10 JOHNSTOWN,NY AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 71 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N1488E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FULCO JOHNSTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMSTERDAM,NY JOHNSTOWN,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- ACFT BOUNCED TWICE,PROPELLER DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1488E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fulco Johnstown
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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.