- Date
- March 14, 1967
- Place
- Campbellsville, KY · CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9537SChampion 7GCA
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118132
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0798 67/3/14 CAMPBELLSVILLE,KY CHAMPION 7GCA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 72 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N9537S PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAYLOR COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 30 DEGREES 12 KNOTS,GUSTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9537S
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Taylor County
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.