- Date
- March 4, 1973
- Place
- Boulder, CO · BOULDER, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11FSChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730304006159A
- Case key
- 170372
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0660 73/3/4 BOULDER,COLO CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 104 TIME - 1500 N11FS PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOULDER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ACFT VEERED OFF RWY INTO SOFT DIRT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11FS
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boulder Muni
N11FSRegistration cancelled May 11, 2015 · Bellanca 8KCABAirframe modelBellanca 8KCABEngine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N11FS · 2
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