- Date
- September 3, 1975
- Place
- Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1628GChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150715
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2858 75/9/3 GILLETTE,WY CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 309 TIME - 1800 N1628G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLETTE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWCASTLE,WY GILLETTE,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- LND TOO FAST IN HAYFIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1628G
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillette
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