- Date
- December 23, 1971
- Place
- Lafollette, TN · LAFOLLETTE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7585FChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164803
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4415 71/12/23 LAFOLLETTE,TENN CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 390 TIME - 1600 N7585F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 289 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMBELL CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PROLONGED GLIDE FM 7000FT,ENG QUIT.PLT INTENTIONALLY STALLED ACFT TO AVOID OVRSHOOTING RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7585F
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cambell Co
N7585FRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 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.