- Date
- August 25, 1976
- Place
- Willits, CA · WILLITS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9332EAeronca 11AC
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760825025519A
- Case key
- 154979
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2052 76/8/25 WILLITS,CA AERONCA 11AC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1015 N9332E PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 33, 1045 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELL FIELD-WILLITS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLITS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT HAD NO CHECKOUT IN TYPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9332E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ell Field-Willits
N9332ERegistration cancelled May 9, 2022 · Aeronca 11ACAirframe modelAeronca 11ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.