- Date
- August 2, 1971
- Place
- Hibbing, MN · HIBBING, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8578EChampion 7GC
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1444 71/8/2 HIBBING,MINN CHAMPION 7GC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 100 TIME - 2100 N8578E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHISHOLM-HIBBING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HIBBING,MINN NASHWAUK,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- HIT PORTABLE TOILET LOCATED ABT 6FT FRM EDGE OF TWY.SETTING SUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8578E
- Reported as
- Champion 7GC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chisholm-Hibbing
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.