- Date
- July 28, 1979
- Place
- Whitebluff, TN · WHITEBLUFF, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7580EChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790728021709A
- Case key
- 133835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3500 79/7/28 WHITEBLUFF,TN CHAMPION 7FC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 250 TIME - 1015 N7580E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SULLIVAN FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITEBLUFF,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7580E
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sullivan Farm
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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 N7580E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA84LA245Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFort Drum, FLThe acft collided with a power line and the ground after a loss of power during takeoff. The plt was not certificated. The passenger said that the plt attributed the power loss to water in the fuel. The acft was being operated on automobile fuel. Attempts to…NTSB MKC66F0232Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBonner Sprgs, KS