- Date
- August 15, 1977
- Place
- Ottsville, PA · OTTSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N46SSAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770815032359A
- Case key
- 146576
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2942 77/8/15 OTTSVILLE,PA AERONCA 7AC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 50 TOTAL TIME - 1815 N46SS PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FURMIESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OTTSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AVOIDING ANOTHER ACFT.PLTS RIGHT SHOULDER IN A SLING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46SS
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Furmiester
N46SSRegistration cancelled Dec 7, 2012 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 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.