- Date
- July 9, 1970
- Place
- Ripley, WV · RIPLEY, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7495BChampion 7-FC-3
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114310
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2860 70/7/9 RIPLEY,W VA CHAMPION 7-FC-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 61 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N7495B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EVANS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIPLEY,W VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- STALLED AT 50FT ABOVE RWY,NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF,ACFT OVERTURNED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7495B
- Reported as
- Champion 7-FC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Evans
N7495BRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Champion 7FCAirframe modelChampion 7FCEngine modelContinental C90 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.