- Date
- December 11, 1974
- Place
- Hanson, MA · HANSON, MA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5197TChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741211040859A
- Case key
- 142889
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3885 74/12/11 HANSON,MASS CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 577 TIME - 1525 N5197T PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRANLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HANSON,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- CIRCLING HOME WHILE DSCNDG TO LWR ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5197T
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cranland
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.