- Date
- October 3, 1974
- Place
- Chitina, AK · CHITINA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8529EChampion 7GC
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741003033049A
- Case key
- 146446
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4286 74/10/3 NR.CHITINA,ALAS CHAMPION 7GC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 400 TIME - 1230 N8529E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COPPER CENTER,ALAS COPPER RIVER,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT LND ON SANDBAR.GR HIT RIDGE OF FROZEN SAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8529E
- Reported as
- Champion 7GC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8529ERegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Champion 7GCAirframe modelChampion 7GCEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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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 N8529E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC04LA041Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWasilla, AKThe flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student pilot which resulted in a loss of directional control during the takeoff roll, and subsequent collision with a ditch. A factor contributing to the accident was the student pilot's failure to…NTSB ANC71DAD02Accident · No injuriesClosedYakutat, AK