- Date
- May 11, 1971
- Place
- Lake Placid, NY · LAKE PLACID, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1632GChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1599 71/5/11 LAKE PLACID,NY CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 158 TIME - 1530 N1632G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE PLACID DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTPORT,NY LAKE PLACID,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- VEERED 45DEG AFTR LDG,RAN OFF RWY HITTING 2FT EMBANKMENT.ADDED PWR,TREES 300-400FT AHEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1632G
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Placid
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