- Date
- September 27, 1965
- Place
- Tyonek, AK · TYONEK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8974RChampion 7HC
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175175
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3016 65/9/27 TYONEK ALAS CHAMPION 7HC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 200 TIME - 1315 N8974R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH TREE STUMP. OFF AIRPORT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8974R
- Reported as
- Champion 7HC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N8974R · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC83FA033Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe acrt crashed into 3 parked acft during a turn after takeoff. The acft went out of control during takeoff at 10-40 ftoff the ground. It rolled to the left and the left landing gear hit a snowbank between the rwy and the taxiway. It lost speed and struck…NTSB ANC78DAH18Accident · No injuriesClosedCantwell, AKNTSB ANC66F0058Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAnchorage, AK