- Date
- September 15, 1971
- Place
- Dayton, OH · DAYTON, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1839GChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163744
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3750 71/9/15 DAYTON,OHIO CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0715 N1839G PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 6460 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORAINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTON,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- ACFT IN HI SINK RATE SETTLED INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1839G
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moraine
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