- Date
- July 11, 1972
- Place
- Kutztown, PA · KUTZTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9090LChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167170
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3222 72/7/11 KUTZTOWN,PA CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N9090L PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 24, 1229 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 384 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KUTZTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KUTZTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- LOW CIRCLING APCH AFTR REL TOW ROPES.NOSED OVR IN HIGH OAT FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9090L
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kutztown
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.