- Date
- February 3, 1973
- Place
- Waxahachie, TX · WAXAHACHIE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3066GChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730203002879A
- Case key
- 169492
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0128 73/2/3 WAXAHACHIE,TEX CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 416 TIME - 1615 N3066G PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OBRIEN AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT WORTH,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3066G
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Obrien Airpark
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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