- Date
- November 11, 1969
- Place
- Martinsburg, WV · MARTINSBURG, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9503SChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150457
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4408 69/11/11 MARTINSBURG,W VA CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1218 N9503S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARTINSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PARK HALL,MD PARK HALL,MD MARTINSBURG,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- OIL LEAKED FROM PUSH ROD HOUSING ONTO EXHAUST STACK CAUSED SMOKE IN CABIN.R WING HIT GRND IN TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9503S
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Martinsburg
N9503SRegistration cancelled Jan 11, 2021 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelContinental 0-200 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.