- Date
- April 9, 1984, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Bidwell, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6726NChampion 7GCAA
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840409022899A
- Case key
- 24230
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the plt the wx blocked several of the mountain passes along the route of flight. When the wx continued to deteriorate the plt landed in a field. The main gear 'dug-in and the acft flipped on it's back.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6726N
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 167
- Airframe hours
- 1,650
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard W. Isakson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 6, 1984
- Departed
- 533 · Madras, OR
- Destination
- LKV · Lakeview, OR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,214 total · 297 in this make and model · 592 as pilot in command · 192 in the last 90 days · 68 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.