- Date
- November 20, 1971
- Place
- Prescott, AZ · PRESCOTT, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9002LChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164973
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3847 71/11/20 PRESCOTT,ARIZ CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1334 N9002L PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 19, 606 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRESCOTT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESCOTT,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RLSD GLIDER ATMTD RTRN TO ARPT.L MAG COLLAR ATTACH TO WHEEL BKN.PLT EXPD RPM DROP DRG PREV FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9002L
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Prescott
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