- Date
- April 30, 1978
- Place
- Mojave, CA · MOJAVE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7514BChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780430008119A
- Case key
- 142789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0734 78/4/30 MOJAVE,CA CHAMPION 7FC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 845 TIME - 1345 N7514B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 235 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOJAVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FERNANDO,CA MOJAVE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER BY GUST OF WIND.GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED AT 50MPH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7514B
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mojave
N7514BRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · 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.