- Date
- July 30, 1972
- Place
- Windsor, VA · WINDSOR, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7564FChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167676
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1091 72/7/30 WINDSOR,VA CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 500 TIME - 1845 N7564F PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAKEFIELD,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- OBS SAW PLT PERFORM 2 LOW ALT ROLLS AND LOOPS.THEN PLT SPUN FROM HAMMERHEAD.HIT TREES ON RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7564F
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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