# NTSB FTW67A0097: Champion 7GCAA, N9622S, Martindale, TX, April 6, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 6, 1967
- Place: Martindale, TX · MARTINDALE, TX
- Location: 29.8451° N, 97.8384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Martindale, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8451&lon=-97.8384&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 20, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117741
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67A0097
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67A0097

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9622S-1967-11-13), registration cancelled 1967-11-13, S/N 7GCAA-55, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCAA
- Registry model: [Champion 7GCAA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (registry code 21101N8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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