- Date
- February 5, 1966
- Place
- Hopkins, MN · HOPKINS, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9072BChanpion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172791
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1654 66/2/5 HOPKINS MINN CHANPION 7FC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1205 N9072B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING CLOUD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9072B
- Reported as
- Chanpion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying Cloud
N9072BRegistration cancelled Feb 5, 2022 · Champion 7FCAirframe modelChampion 7FCEngine modelContinental C90 series
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