- Date
- December 31, 1981
- Place
- Wellsboro, PA · WELLSBORO, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N83073Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811231082729A
- Case key
- 122590
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3528 81/12/31 WELLSBORO,PA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 173 TIME - 1100 N83073 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND CANYON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WELLSBORO,PA TIOGA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ATMTD TKOF W 15KT X-WND.R WING HIT RWY AFTER ENCTRG WND GST.ATMTD TO CONT TKOF IN SNW BESIDE RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83073
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Canyon
N83073Registration cancelled Jun 21, 2017 · 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.
Other investigations on N83073 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.