# NTSB LAX68A0002: Champion 7GCAA, N8340V, Amboy, CA, July 4, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 4, 1967
- Place: Amboy, CA · AMBOY, CA
- Location: 34.5578° N, 115.7444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amboy, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5578&lon=-115.7444&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115793
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68A0002
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68A0002-115793

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0258   67/7/4  NR.AMBOY,CALIF        CHAMPION 7GCAA      CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2200
        TIME - 0657                    N8340V              PX-  1  0  0  POWER/PIPELINE            TOTAL HOURS, 1250 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROY S
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8340V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8340V-1970-04-17), registration cancelled 1970-04-17, S/N 87, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCAA
- Registry model: [Champion 7GCAA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (registry code 21101N8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Roy S

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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