- Date
- May 6, 1973
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3017GChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730506012199A
- Case key
- 190631
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1147 73/5/6 NR.KENAI,ALAS CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 700 TIME - 0630 N3017G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENAI,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- HIT FILINGS ON BEACH HIDDEN BY GRND CONTOUR AND SHACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3017G
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3017G · 1
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