- Date
- April 10, 1971
- Place
- Mooresville, NC · MOORESVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6320NChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160731
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4255 71/4/10 MOORESVILLE,NC CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1615 N6320N PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 31, 1908 TOTAL HOURS, 868 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE NORMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOORESVILLE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PRACTICE FOR AIR SHOW.ATMTD UNAUZD SNAP ROLL OVER RWY BLO 500FT,HIT TREES ON RCVRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6320N
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Norman
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