- Date
- November 13, 1976
- Place
- Pacoima, CA · PACOIMA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N62965Champion 7ACA
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761113034799A
- Case key
- 155936
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3266 76/11/13 PACOIMA,CA CHAMPION 7ACA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 264 TIME - 1220 N62965 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITEMAN AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PACOIMA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON DEPOSITS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 2 PLUGS FOULED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62965
- Reported as
- Champion 7ACA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whiteman Airpark
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N62965 · 1
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