- Date
- June 29, 1973
- Place
- Hazel Green, AL · HAZEL GREEN, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9529SChampion 7GCA
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730629024109A
- Case key
- 189989
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2092 73/6/29 HAZEL GREEN,ALA CHAMPION 7GCA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 127 TIME - 1830 N9529S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAZEL GREEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAZEL GREEN,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY REMARKS- TAIL WHEEL SPRING WEAK. DMGD R WG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9529S
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hazel Green
N9529SRegistered now · Champion AERONCA 7GCAAirframe modelChampion AERONCA 7GCAEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9529S · 1
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