- Date
- September 13, 1978
- Place
- Cantwell, AK · CANTWELL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8974RChampion 7HC
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780913028299A
- Case key
- 139391
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3704 78/9/13 NR.CANTWELL,AK CHAMPION 7HC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 602 TIME - 1430 N8974R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHULITNA STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CANTWELL,AK CANTWELL,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GUST TO 35 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8974R
- Reported as
- Champion 7HC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chulitna Strip
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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 N8974R · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC83FA033Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe acrt crashed into 3 parked acft during a turn after takeoff. The acft went out of control during takeoff at 10-40 ftoff the ground. It rolled to the left and the left landing gear hit a snowbank between the rwy and the taxiway. It lost speed and struck…NTSB ANC66F0058Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAnchorage, AKNTSB ANC66D0055Accident · No injuriesClosedTyonek, AK