- Date
- March 16, 1969
- Place
- Big Delta, AK · BIG DELTA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9061BChampion 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190232
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1259 69/3/16 BIG DELTA,ALAS CHAMPION 7EC CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 78 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N9061B PX- 0 0 0 DUAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEN ARMY FLD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PIC HAD 1 HR IN CONVENTIONAL GEAR ACFT. ALLOWED PAX TO LAND ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9061B
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allen Army Fld
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 N9061B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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