- Date
- October 5, 1965
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8974RChampion 7HC
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175283
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3202 65/10/5 ANCHORAGE ALAS CHAMPION 7HC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 45, 201 TIME - 1330 N8974R PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARBURETOR FLOAT HINGE SUPPORT SCREW FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8974R
- Reported as
- Champion 7HC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill
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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 ANC66D0055Accident · No injuriesClosedTyonek, AK