- Date
- June 20, 1971
- Place
- Ord, NE · ORD, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4856EChampion 7GC
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161882
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2226 71/6/20 ORD,NEBR CHAMPION 7GC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 212 TIME - 1150 N4856E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 145 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHARP FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORD,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- ACFT LEFT RWY,HIT DITCH,BENT BOTH GR BACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4856E
- Reported as
- Champion 7GC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sharp Field
N4856ERegistered now · Champion AERONCA 7GCAirframe modelChampion AERONCA 7GCEngine modelLycoming 0-290 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.