- Date
- November 6, 1971
- Place
- Grantsville, WV · GRANTSVILLE, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1855GChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163314
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4201 71/11/6 GRANTSVILLE,W VA CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 350 TIME - 1900 N1855G PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUSEX,NJ CARBONDALE,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT APPROACHING DARKNESS REMARKS- NOT RDO COMM OR NAV EQPD.CONT FLT AFTR DARK OVR MTNUS TRRN.PLT UN ORIENT HIMSELF CRASH LNDD IN FLD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1855G
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage