- Date
- June 14, 1967
- Place
- Strathmore, CA · STRATHMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N17485Aeronca KC
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116076
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1982 67/6/14 STRATHMORE, CALIF AERONCA KC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 41, 89 TOTAL TIME - 1040 N17485 PX- 0 0 1 TEST HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ECKERT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT 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 TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 90 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT HEAVILY LOADED, STRUCK TREES AT END OF RNWY. TAILWIND 2 TO 5 KTS. TEMP 90 DEGREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17485
- Reported as
- Aeronca KC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eckert
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