- Date
- July 10, 1966
- Place
- Twin Falls, ID · TWIN FALLS, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7686EAeronca 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3475 66/7/10 TWIN FALLS ID AERONCA 7FC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 44 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N7686E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWIN FALLS MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 90 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CROSSWIND WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7686E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Twin Falls Muni
N7686ERegistered now · Champion AERONCA 7FCAirframe modelChampion AERONCA 7FCEngine modelContinental C90 series
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