- Date
- May 28, 1977
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6451CAeronca 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770528014009A
- Case key
- 158219
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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 77/5/28 PALO ALTO,CA AERONCA 7BCM CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1853 TIME - 0920 N6451C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CA WATSONVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6451C
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palo Alto
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Other investigations on N6451C · 1
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