- Date
- September 12, 1966
- Place
- Black Oak, AR · BLACK OAK, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9940YChampion 7GCB
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2350 66/9/12 BLACK OAK ARK CHAMPION 7GCB CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 254 TIME - 1000 N9940Y PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS NOSE OVER/DOWN IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PILOT WAS MAKING PRACTICE SWATH RUN,NO LOAD ABOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9940Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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