- Date
- April 6, 1980
- Place
- Corona, CA · CORONA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5100XChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800406030549A
- Case key
- 130922
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1377 80/4/6 CORONA,CA CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, UNK/NR TIME - 0545 N5100X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORONA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORONA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSD IN STEEP L TURN AFTER TKOF,HIT LGT POLE.HIT & DESTROYED ERCO,N2807H DRG CRASH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5100X
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Corona
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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.