- Date
- August 3, 1974
- Place
- Asbury Park, NJ · ASBURY PARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5249XChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740803025239A
- Case key
- 134560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2222 74/8/3 ASBURY PARK,NJ CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 414 TIME - 1500 N5249X PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASBURY PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASBURY PARK,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- REGAINED CTL TURNED BACK TO RWY.LOST CTL AGAIN DPTD R SIDE.PLT ATMTD GET AIRBORNE GR HIT EMBKMNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5249X
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Asbury Park
N5249XRegistration cancelled Apr 2, 2013 · Champion 7GCAAAirframe modelChampion 7GCAAEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5249X · 1
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