- Date
- July 4, 1970
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR · HILLSBORO, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9915YAeronca 7GCB
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121152
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2902 70/7/4 NR.HILLSBORO,OREG AERONCA 7GCB CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 945 TIME - 0935 N9915Y PX- 0 0 1 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE GLIDERPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSBORO,OREG LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- UPDRAFT CAUSED GLIDER TO ASCEND,CAUSED TOW ACFT TO NOSE DWN,BOTH PLTS SLOW TO RELEASE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9915Y
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eagle Gliderport
N9915YRegistration cancelled Jul 20, 1973 · Champion AERONCA 7GCBAirframe modelChampion AERONCA 7GCB
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Other investigations on N9915Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.