- Date
- November 16, 1969
- Place
- Montevallo, AL · MONTEVALLO, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5176XChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4386 69/11/16 MONTEVALLO,ALA CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 36, 229 TIME - 1500 N5176X PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING X RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTEVALLO,ALA MONTEVALLO,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- INTNTL DOWNWIND LDG TO BE IN POSITION FOR GLIDER TOW. WIND 12K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5176X
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying X Ranch
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.