- Date
- February 8, 1977
- Place
- Vidalia, GA · VIDALIA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8902RChampion 7HC
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770208002269A
- Case key
- 201386
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2019 77/2/8 VIDALIA,GA CHAMPION 7HC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 41 TOTAL TIME - 1745 N8902R PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VIDALIA-LYONS MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIDALIA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8902R
- Reported as
- Champion 7HC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vidalia-Lyons Mun
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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.