- Date
- November 1, 1964
- Place
- Greenville, MS · GREENVILLE, MS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N81481Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184151
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0787 64/11/1 NR.GREENVILLE MIS AERONCA 7AC CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 42, 100 TIME - 1610 N81481 PX- 1 1 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PILOT WAS CHASING BIRDS OFF OF HIS RICE CROP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81481
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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