- Date
- November 23, 1969
- Place
- Castleton, NY · CASTLETON, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7589BChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4332 69/11/23 CASTLETON,NY CHAMPION 7FC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 88 TOTAL TIME - 1015 N7589B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASTLETON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASTLETON,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL HIT SOFT SPOT IN RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7589B
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Castleton
N7589BRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2019 · Champion 7FCAirframe modelChampion 7FCEngine modelContinental C90 series
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.