- Date
- August 16, 1968
- Place
- St.James, MN · ST.JAMES, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9607SChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114386
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2765 68/8/16 ST.JAMES,MINN CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1000 TIME - 1630 N9607S PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.JAMES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - BEANS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9607S
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St.James
N9607SRegistration cancelled Feb 12, 2018 · Champion 7GCAAAirframe modelChampion 7GCAAEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N9607S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.