- Date
- May 24, 1966
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL · OPA LOCKA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9851YChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1119 66/5/24 OPA LOCKA FLA CHAMPION 7FC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5581 TIME - 1445 N9851Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPA LOCKA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 68 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 50 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RETURNING FROM TAKEOFF POSITION DUE TO THUNDERSTORM,HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTING TO 50 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9851Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Opa Locka
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