- Date
- February 5, 1972
- Place
- Mediapolis, IA · MEDIAPOLIS, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N11055Champion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165015
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0601 72/2/5 MEDIAPOLIS,IOWA CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1920 N11055 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 29, 706 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 101 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHARAR FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MASON CITY,IOWA MEDIAPOLIS,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- UNLITED ARPT.SAW BUSH,THOUGHT IT WAS RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11055
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sharar Field
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.