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MIA66F0615

1966-06-26 · MOORESVILLE, North Carolina, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N173E

Make / Model
WACO UPF-7
Engine
JACOBS R-755A2 (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20100224
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A124B6

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
WACO UPF7 · N173E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
MOORESVILLE
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
92° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,149 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
95
Age
55

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH SPEAKER PLATFORM

Cause factors

  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1542. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1542.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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