- Date
- April 6, 1967
- Place
- Martindale, TX · MARTINDALE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9622SChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117741
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0170 67/4/6 MARTINDALE,TEX CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, UNK/NR TIME - 1730 N9622S PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- REAR SEAT BELT UNFASTENED,REAR SEAT PARACHUTE WEDGED BETWEEN FRONT SEAT AND REAR FLT CONTROL COLMN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9622S
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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