- Date
- September 24, 1977
- Place
- Byers, KS · BYERS, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1811GChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770924028129A
- Case key
- 145672
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2327 77/9/24 NR.BYERS,KS CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 212 TIME - 1445 N1811G PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARM STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PERRYTOWN,TX BYERS,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- WING CAUGHT CANE FEED,INITIATED G/A.DECIDED TO LND AFTR CLEARING FEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1811G
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farm Strip
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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.