- Date
- March 8, 1964
- Place
- Ozark, AL · OZARK, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3408EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0569 64/3/8 OZARK ALA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N3408E PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 36, 1238 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACKWELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STUDENT OVERCONTROLLED FOR CROSSWIND CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3408E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blackwell
N3408ERegistered now · Aeronca 7DC-CONVAirframe modelAeronca 7DC-CONVEngine modelContinental C85-8FJ
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.