- Date
- March 20, 1978
- Place
- Visalia, CA · VISALIA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1843EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780320005799A
- Case key
- 142640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0531 78/3/20 NR.VISALIA,CA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 4359 TIME - 1425 N1843E PX- 0 1 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALLAGHER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VISALIA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED TO DESCEND INTO GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1843E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gallagher
N1843ERegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine 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.
Other investigations on N1843E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.