- Date
- September 17, 1981
- Place
- Honeoye Falls, NY · HONEOYE FALLS, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84947Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810917060259A
- Case key
- 123435
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2909 81/9/17 HONEOYE FALLS,NY AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 102 TIME - 1500 N84947 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HONEOYE FALLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONEOYE FALLS,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT REACHED BACK TO ACTIVATE CARB HEAT & ACFT IMPACTED GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84947
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Honeoye Falls
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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