- Date
- April 17, 1971
- Place
- Mnly Hot Spg, AK · MNLY HOT SPG, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9053LChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1237 71/4/17 NR.MNLY HOT SPG,ALAS CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 621 TIME - 1030 N9053L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 127 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MELOZI HOT SPGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,ALAS MNLY HOT SPG,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- PLT UN TO STOP HIGH SINK RATE W/PWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9053L
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Melozi Hot Spgs
N9053LRegistration cancelled May 17, 2013 · Champion 7GCBCAirframe modelChampion 7GCBCEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.