- Date
- April 17, 1966
- Place
- Delta Junctn, AK · DELTA JUNCTN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8556EChampion 7HC
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172102
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0955 66/4/17 DELTA JUNCTN ALAS CHAMPION 7HC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 508 TIME - 0545 N8556E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEITH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO REMOVE FROST FROM WINGS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8556E
- Reported as
- Champion 7HC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Leith
N8556ERegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2018 · Champion 7HCAirframe modelChampion 7HCEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N8556E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.