- Date
- July 14, 1981
- Place
- Springfield, PA · SPRINGFIELD, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N82773Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810714049329A
- Case key
- 125053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1606 81/7/14 SPRINGFIELD,PA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0924 N82773 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 326 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 15 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGFIELD,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WND GSTG 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82773
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Haycock Brigade
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N82773 · 1
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