- Date
- June 16, 1973
- Place
- Mojave, CA · MOJAVE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9883YChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730616016059A
- Case key
- 190238
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1543 73/6/16 MOJAVE,CALIF CHAMPION 7FC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 395 TIME - 1355 N9883Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 210 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOJAVE-KERN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KERNVILLE,CALIF EL MIRAGE,CALIF MOJAVE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING TO 55K BLEW ACFT OVER. PLT HAD REQ WING WALKERS FROM UNICOM ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9883Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mojave-Kern
N9883YRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2017 · Champion 7FCAirframe modelChampion 7FCEngine modelContinental C90 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.