- Date
- April 7, 1968
- Place
- Coalinga, CA · COALINGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2559EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111216
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0877 68/4/7 COALINGA,CALIF AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 29, 62 TOTAL TIME - 0830 N2559E PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COALINGA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- CONCENTRATING ON SPOT LNDG.DAMAGED FUSELAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2559E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coalinga
N2559ERegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2012 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N2559E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.