- Date
- May 19, 1973
- Place
- Lexington, NE · LEXINGTON, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1802GChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730519016109A
- Case key
- 190313
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1436 73/5/19 NR.LEXINGTON,NEBR CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 16800 TIME - 0750 N1802G PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 10000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETERMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9000 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2380 REMARKS- WIRE IN THROTTLE CONTROL NOT ATTACHED TO THROTTLE ARM.HIT ROAD BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1802G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peterman
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1802G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.