- Date
- November 8, 1970
- Place
- Lebec, CA · LEBEC, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1646GChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158895
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4389 70/11/8 LEBEC,CALIF CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 124 TIME - 1255 N1646G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,CALIF LEBEC,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 100 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DIRECT L X-WIND GUSTING TO 12K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1646G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Richfield
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