- Date
- May 2, 1964
- Place
- Fredericksburg, VA · FREDERICKSBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N84740Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185072
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0634 64/5/2 FREDERICKSBURG VA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, TIME - 1818 N84740 PX- 1 0 0 PRACTICE UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANNON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- LOW COMPRESSION-3 CYLINDERS EXTREMELY LOW.1 CYLINDER WAS ACCEPTABLE-98HOURS SINCE LAST INSPECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84740
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Shannon
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