# NTSB NYC69F0003: Champion 7GCAA, N5169T, Ithaca, NY, June 2, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: June 2, 1968
- Place: Ithaca, NY · ITHACA, NY
- Location: 42.4439° N, 76.5031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4439&lon=-76.5031&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 5, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110352
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC69F0003
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC69F0003

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1808   68/6/2    ITHACA,NY           CHAMPION 7GCAA      CR-  0  1  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 385
        TIME - 1245                    N5169T              PX-  0  0  0  TOWING GLIDERS            TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  1                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TOMKINS COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
        FACTOR(S)
           INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: GLIDER LAUNCH/TOW EQUIPMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        REMARKS- GLIDER CLIMBED TOO HIGH,TOW ROPE SHORT.TOW ACFT UNABLE TO ESTABLISH CLIMB,STRUCK CAR AT END OF RWY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5169T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5169T-1968-07-24), registration cancelled 1968-07-24, S/N 146 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCAA
- Registry model: [Champion 7GCAA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (registry code 21101N8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Tomkins County

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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