- Date
- March 18, 1973
- Place
- Ocotilo Wls, CA · OCOTILO WLS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6087CChampion 7BCM
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730318006579A
- Case key
- 163147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0580 73/3/18 OCOTILO WLS,CALIF CHAMPION 7BCM CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 520 TIME - 1400 N6087C PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCOTILLO WELLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CALIF BORREGO SPRNGS,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- AFTR TKOF ACFT MADE A RIGHT TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6087C
- Reported as
- Champion 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ocotillo Wells
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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.