- Date
- April 16, 1972
- Place
- Taos, NM · TAOS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7572FChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166366
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1480 72/4/16 TAOS,N MEX CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 108 TIME - 1630 N7572F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAOS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAOS,N MEX ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7572F
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Taos
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Other investigations on N7572F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX87LA127Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRoosevelt, AZAt the end of a pleasure cross-country flight, the pilot reported that during the landing roll, the passenger was moving around in the back seat and accidentally pressed on the right brake. Before the pilot could get the aircraft under control, the aircraft…NTSB DEN70DXD23Accident · No injuriesClosedFountain, CONTSB DEN70DXD21Accident · No injuriesClosedPueblo, CO