- Date
- May 8, 1976
- Place
- Terra Bella, CA · TERRA BELLA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90998Champion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760508012139A
- Case key
- 153915
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1142 76/5/8 NR.TERRA BELLA,CA CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N90998 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 29, 982 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 73 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTERVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. LND IN ALFALFA FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90998
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.