- Date
- March 14, 1965
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3308EChampion 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179397
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0360 65/3/14 ANCHORAGE ALAS CHAMPION 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 28 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N3308E PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO 4 CYLINDER HOLDDOWN STUDS FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3308E
- Reported as
- Champion 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3308ERegistration cancelled Jun 22, 1973 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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Other investigations on N3308E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.