- Date
- August 26, 1964
- Place
- Denton, TX · DENTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N81779Aeronca 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181930
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2639 64/8/26 DENTON TEX AERONCA 7BCM CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 29, 160 TIME - 1130 N81779 PX- 0 0 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK A ROAD SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81779
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N81779Registration cancelled Apr 9, 2018 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental C85 series
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