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Aeronca 7AC N83241

3 April 1970 · Whitesburg, Kentucky, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 3 April 1970 at about 15:45 local time, a Aeronca 7AC registered N83241, operated by Whitesburg Fly, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Whitesburg, Kentucky, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 15:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Whitesburg, Kentucky, United States
Nearest airport
Whitesburg
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Aeronca 7AC
Registration
N83241
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Whitesburg Fly
Operating rule
Flying Club
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-1227

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 1 1 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PAX LEG PREVENTED PROPER PITCH CTL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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