- Date
- April 12, 1984, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Emporium, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6392TBliss Corbin Baby ACE CM-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840412013059A
- Case key
- 35385
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Visual lookout - not maintainedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,staticFactor
Object - utility poleFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
On final approach the acft struck several trees, the pilot lost control of the acft. The acft then struck telephone wires & a pole and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6392T
- Reported as
- Bliss Corbin Baby ACE CM-1 (BABY ACE C)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 101
- Airframe hours
- 560
- Engine
- Continental A65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Zane Rinehuls
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 16, 1983 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- 26D · Keystone Airport
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 3 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 7 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.