- Date
- September 13, 1981
- Place
- Stone Mountain, GA · STONE MOUNTAIN, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3118EChampion 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810913060139A
- Case key
- 123690
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2070 81/9/13 STONE MOUNTAIN,GA CHAMPION 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N3118E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 56, 10400 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STONE MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STONE MOUNTAIN,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES REMARKS- R BRAKE CABLE HOUSING BROKEN,UN FULLY APPLY R BRAKE.TAILWHEEL SPRING TENSIONS UNEVEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3118E
- Reported as
- Champion 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stone Mountain
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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.