- Date
- March 16, 1979
- Place
- Waverly, KS · WAVERLY, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9835YChampion 7GCB
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790316004769A
- Case key
- 137324
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0389 79/3/16 WAVERLY,KS CHAMPION 7GCB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1345 N9835Y PX- 1 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 19, 658 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARM AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAVERLY,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 28 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9835Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Farm Airstrip
N9835YRegistration cancelled Jul 1, 2013 · Champion 7GCBAirframe modelChampion 7GCBEngine 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.