- Date
- July 28, 1966
- Place
- Axtell, NE · AXTELL, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9950YChampion 7GC
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121772
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3097 66/7/28 AXTELL NEBR CHAMPION 7GC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1335 N9950Y PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- PILOT MADE UNAUTHORIZED LANDING ON ALFALFA FIELD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9950Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7GC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N9950Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI97LA080Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTwo Harbors, MNfailure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. Factors relating to the accident were: the gusty crosswind condition, and the snowbank.NTSB MKC69F0238Accident · No injuriesClosedBassett, NE