- Date
- July 5, 1968
- Place
- Villa Rica, GA · VILLA RICA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8339VChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109786
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1896 68/7/5 VILLA RICA,GA CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N8339V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING S RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- STRUCK SOFT SPOT ON RECENTLY REGRADED DIRT RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8339V
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying S Ranch
N8339VRegistration cancelled May 15, 2015 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N8339V · 1
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