- Date
- August 13, 1967
- Place
- Three Rivers, MI · THREE RIVERS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7540URussell CGI
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115821
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0390 67/8/13 THREE RIVERS,MICH RUSSELL CGI CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 35 TOTAL TIME - 1345 N7540U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAINES AIRPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7540U
- Reported as
- Russell CGI
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Haines Airport
N7540URegistration cancelled Apr 29, 1970 · Russell Gyroplane C.G. 1Airframe modelRussell Gyroplane C.G. 1
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Other investigations on N7540U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.