- Date
- November 5, 1972
- Place
- Honesdale, PA · HONESDALE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9881YChampion 7GCB
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3618 72/11/5 HONESDALE,PA CHAMPION 7GCB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 500 TIME - 1115 N9881Y PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERRY RIDGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONESDALE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- ACFT OBSRVD EXECUTING EITHER WNG-OVR OR SNAP-ROLL DRG CLMB OUT.ACFT APRX 110LBS OVR GWT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9881Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cherry Ridge
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.