- Date
- September 28, 1974
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8927Champion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740928035119A
- Case key
- 142960
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3765 74/9/28 NR.ANCHORAGE,ALAS CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N8927 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 29, 1313 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 40 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLT IN MTN VALLEY. UN MAINTAIN ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8927
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8927 · 1
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