- Date
- April 22, 1972
- Place
- Mead, WA · MEAD, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2218EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165772
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0684 72/4/22 NR.MEAD,WASH AERONCA 7AC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 200 TIME - 0735 N2218E PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEAD,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PLTS LOG BOOK CONTAINED NUMEROUS ENTRIES OF LOW LEVEL FLT AND ANIMAL SPOTTING.NO WITNESSES FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2218E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mead
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