- Date
- August 12, 1972
- Place
- Sherrills Ford, NC · SHERRILLS FORD, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6398NChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167627
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1176 72/8/12 SHERRILLS FORD,NC CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1873 TIME - 1345 N6398N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HICKORY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- PLT MEDICAL RESTRICTION-GLASSES FOR DISTANT VISION.NO CORRECTING LENSES FOUND.RECOVERY FROM SPIRAL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6398N
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Long Island
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