- Date
- August 31, 1965
- Place
- Tyonek, AK · TYONEK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8989RChampion 7GCB
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175227
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3100 65/8/31 TYONEK ALAS CHAMPION 7GCB CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 65 TOTAL TIME - 0930 N8989R PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUSH STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 48 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8989R
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bush Strip
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