- Date
- August 16, 1971
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N245LSChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162760
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3065 71/8/16 KENAI,ALAS CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 9 TOTAL TIME - 1815 N245LS PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENAI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENAI,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N245LS
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kenai
N245LSRegistration cancelled Sep 28, 2004 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 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.
Other investigations on N245LS · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.