- Date
- September 26, 1970
- Place
- Lynchburg, VA · LYNCHBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9040LChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158566
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3845 70/9/26 LYNCHBURG,VA CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0805 N9040L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 57, 9800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LYNCHBURG,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OBS SAW PLT ROLL ACFT SHORTLY AFTER T/O. ENG QUIT IN INVERTED FLT.INSUFFICIENT ALT FOR SAFE LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9040L
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Falwell
N9040LRegistration cancelled Mar 2, 2019 · Champion 7GCBCAirframe modelChampion 7GCBCEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.