- Date
- May 13, 1976
- Place
- Lazbuddie, TX · LAZBUDDIE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2509BChampion 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153435
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1499 76/5/13 LAZBUDDIE,TX CHAMPION 7BCM CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 545 TIME - 1000 N2509B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 207 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AG-AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAZBUDDIE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 45K. FURTHER DMG DUE HIGH WINDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2509B
- Reported as
- Champion 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ag-Air
N2509BRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Aeronca 7BCMAirframe modelAeronca 7BCMEngine modelContinental C85 series
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