# NTSB CHI67A0048: Champion 7GCAA, N8347V, Olney, IL, October 8, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 8, 1966
- Place: Olney, IL · OLNEY, IL
- Location: 38.7281° N, 88.0842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Olney, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7281&lon=-88.0842&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 18, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121515
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67A0048
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67A0048

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0823   66/10/8   OLNEY ILL           CHAMPION 7GCAA      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1606                    N8347V              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  52, 14015 TOTAL HOURS, 24
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ULRICH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8347V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8347V-1967-11-13), registration cancelled 1967-11-13, S/N 130, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCAA
- Registry model: [Champion 7GCAA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (registry code 21101N8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Ulrich

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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