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NYC66D0692

1966-05-14 · SHARPSVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N8597E

Make / Model
CHAMPION AERONCA 7FC
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19591015
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABCC19

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CHAMPION 7FC · N8597E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
360° / 5 kt
Temp
65° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,878 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
32
Age
22

Investigator remarks

SIMULATED FORCED LANDING PRATICE.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/85 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1213. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1213.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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