- Date
- January 20, 1965
- Place
- Longview, TX · LONGVIEW, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1378EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179991
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0083 65/1/20 LONGVIEW TEX AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1515 N1378E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAST SIDE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1378E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- East Side
N1378ERegistration cancelled Mar 9, 2019 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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