- Date
- May 31, 1975
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5151XChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750531019639A
- Case key
- 149270
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1828 75/5/31 NR.FAIRBANKS,AK CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N5151X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 34, 2200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 303 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,AK ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND ON TUNDRA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5151X
- 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.