- Date
- March 27, 1967
- Place
- La Grange, TX · LA GRANGE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9063BChampion 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117406
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1024 67/3/27 LA GRANGE,TEX CHAMPION 7EC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 120 TIME - 1100 N9063B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCKY CREEK RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9063B
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rocky Creek Ranch
N9063BRegistered now · Champion AERONCA 7ECAirframe modelChampion AERONCA 7ECEngine modelContinental C90 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.