- Date
- April 25, 1974
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83023Aeronca 7DC
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740425010499A
- Case key
- 170247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1148 74/4/25 SAN JOSE,CALIF AERONCA 7DC CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1545 N83023 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID HILLVIEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83023
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7DC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reid Hillview
N83023Registered now · Aeronca 7DC-CONVAirframe modelAeronca 7DC-CONVEngine modelContinental C85-12F
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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.