- Date
- January 16, 1976
- Place
- New Stuyahok, AK · NEW STUYAHOK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8996RChampion 7GCB
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760116004029A
- Case key
- 152846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0296 76/1/16 NEW STUYAHOK,AK CHAMPION 7GCB CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 330 TIME - 1600 N8996R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW STUYAHOK,AK RIVER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- POOR VIS DUE DUSK & WHITEOUT COND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8996R
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8996RRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Champion AERONCA 7GCBAirframe modelChampion AERONCA 7GCBEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.