Aeronca 0-58B N33323

31 December 1978 · Flagstaff, Arizona, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 31 December 1978 at about 09:00 local time, a Aeronca 0-58B registered N33323 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 December 1978 at 09:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport: Flagstaff
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aeronca 0-58B
Registration: N33323
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Grand Canyon, Az
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dawn
NTSB number: 3-4152

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	1	0	1

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.

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HEAVY FROST ON ACT AND ICE ON TRIM HINGES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-4152, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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