- Date
- July 24, 1976
- Place
- Black Canyon, AZ · BLACK CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9043LChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760724025159A
- Case key
- 154320
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1857 76/7/24 BLACK CANYON,AZ CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 180 TIME - 1933 N9043L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK CANYON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESCOTT,AZ BLACK CANYON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PLT DOING LOW ALTITUDE AEROBATICS.CRASHED DRG LOOP RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9043L
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Black Canyon
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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.