- Date
- July 4, 1968
- Place
- Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4337CAeronca 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109830
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1945 68/7/4 FREMONT,CALIF AERONCA 7EC CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1015 N4337C PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 492 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 195 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREMONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DEMONSTRATING APPROACH AND GO AROUND. PLT DID NOT CLEAR ENG IN PROLONGED GLIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4337C
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fremont
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 N4337C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN25FA005Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldPreliminary reportFort Worth, TXOn October 7, 2024, about 1240 central daylight time, a Champion 7EC airplane, N4337C, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Fort Worth, Texas. The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of…NTSB FTW81DRA49Accident · No injuriesClosedLaporte, TX