- Date
- March 9, 1966
- Place
- Middleton, WI · MIDDLETON, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8977RChampion 7KC
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173289
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0762 66/3/9 MIDDLETON WIS CHAMPION 7KC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 200 TIME - 1430 N8977R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOREY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 52 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 19 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GUSTY CROSS WIND OF 19 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8977R
- Reported as
- Champion 7KC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Morey
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