- Date
- May 19, 1973
- Place
- Spring Hill, WV · SPRING HILL, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10989Champion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730519012069A
- Case key
- 190467
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1330 73/5/19 SPRING HILL,W VA CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 4902 TIME - 1500 N10989 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRING HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,W VA SPRING HILL,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- L WING AND PROP HIT GND.1HR DUAL 2HR SOLO THIS MAKE,MODEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10989
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spring Hill
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N10989 · 1
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