- Date
- August 1, 1964
- Place
- Buffalo, VA · BUFFALO, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2044AAeronca L16
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182260
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2297 64/8/1 BUFFALO VA AERONCA L16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 175 TIME - 1015 N2044A PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2044A
- Reported as
- Aeronca L16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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