- Date
- August 12, 1971
- Place
- West Tisbury, MA · WEST TISBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2572FChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162997
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2788 71/8/12 WEST TISBURY,MASS CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 242 TIME - 1520 N2572F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 195 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARTHAS VINEYARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAK BLUFFS,MASS WEST TISBURY,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DRG LVL OFF ENCTRD WIND GUST,DRIFTED,T/D HARD ON R GR-GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2572F
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marthas Vineyard
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Other investigations on N2572F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.