- Date
- October 21, 1977
- Place
- Mayville, NY · MAYVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N81857Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771021032139A
- Case key
- 145393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3313 77/10/21 MAYVILLE,NY AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 239 TIME - 1130 N81857 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DART FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAYVILLE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 *ERROR-INVALID CODE* TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT RPTD XWIND GUSTS TO 20KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81857
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dart Field
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.