- Date
- January 15, 1974
- Place
- Andover, IA · ANDOVER, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9609SChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740115002569A
- Case key
- 187179
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0122 74/1/15 ANDOVER,IOWA CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 262 TIME - 1015 N9609S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLINTON,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ACFT AT LOW ALT OBSVD BY FOX HUNTERS TURN L NOSE DROPPED SHARPLY HIT GND NOSE LO STEEP L BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9609S
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9609SRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Champion 7GCAAAirframe modelChampion 7GCAAEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.