- Date
- May 5, 1968
- Place
- Blanco, TX · BLANCO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5181TChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110585
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3503 68/5/5 NR.BLANCO,TEX CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 1 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1545 N5181T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 47, 8600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STRUCK TERRACE. PLT RELEASED SEAT BELT PRIOR TO IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5181T
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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