- Date
- September 6, 1970
- Place
- Lexington, VA · LEXINGTON, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7561FChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3661 70/9/6 LEXINGTON,VA CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 380 TIME - 1300 N7561F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BACTELLS GLDR FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- UNEVEN BRAKING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7561F
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bactells Gldr Fld
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.