- Date
- April 3, 1971
- Place
- Arctic Vlge, AK · ARCTIC VLGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5262XChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160630
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0954 71/4/3 NR.ARCTIC VLGE,ALAS CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 25, 207 TIME - UNK/NR N5262X PX- 1 0 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.YUNKON,ALAS CHANDALAR RIVER,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 4/9/71. HUNTING WOLVES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5262X
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5262XRegistration cancelled Jan 2, 1972 · American Champion 7GCBCAirframe modelAmerican Champion 7GCBC
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.