- Date
- June 6, 1979
- Place
- Pungo, VA · PUNGO, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6347NChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790606011399A
- Case key
- 135869
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1571 79/6/6 PUNGO,VA CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1445 N6347N PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 24, 3189 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 112 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUNGO,VA VIRGINIA BEACH,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- ELEV CTL CABLE,P/N 3-1072,CORRODED,FRAYED SEVERAL PLACES,BROKE IN FLT.PARTIAL PITCH CTL WITH PWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6347N
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6347NRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Champion 7GCAAAirframe modelChampion 7GCAAEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.