- Date
- July 9, 1989, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Prineville, OR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N36532Aeronca 65-CA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890709020779A
- Case key
- 41046
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - inadequateCause
Analysis
The acft collided with trees during takeoff from an airstrip. Pilot's report of accident was not submitted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36532
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-CA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CA15751
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Timothy G. Bryan
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- Big Summit Prairie
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.