- Date
- May 19, 1980
- Place
- Grant, MI · GRANT, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1635GChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1773 80/5/19 GRANT,MI CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 27, 760 TIME - 1020 N1635G PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRANT,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- DEMONSTRATION FLT FOR STATEMENT OF ACRO COMPETENCY.WITNESSES ESTIMATE SPIN ENTRY AT OR BLO 500FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1635G
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grant
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