- Date
- January 18, 1972
- Place
- Sanger, TX · SANGER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5081XChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165243
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0284 72/1/18 SANGER,TEX CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1740 N5081X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 43, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, 25 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANGER,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- ACFT ENTERED SPIN APRXLY 1500FT AGL,SPIN WAS ARRESTED TOO LOW.HIT GND IN STEEP NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5081X
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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