- Date
- April 21, 1965
- Place
- Melbourne, FL · MELBOURNE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N11020Champion 7ECA-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179301
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0362 65/4/21 MELBOURNE FLA CHAMPION 7ECA-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 19, TIME - 0725 N11020 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 20 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11020
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N11020Registration cancelled Apr 10, 2013 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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.