- Date
- January 23, 1964
- Place
- Silverbell, AZ · SILVERBELL, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49204Aeronca L3
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185638
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0183 64/1/23 SILVERBELL ARIZ AERONCA L3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 1400 TIME - 1700 N49204 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK HIGH CACTUS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49204
- Reported as
- Aeronca L3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N49204Registration cancelled Apr 5, 2025 · Aeronca 0-58BAirframe modelAeronca 0-58BEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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