- Date
- June 2, 1978
- Place
- Piscataquis, ME · PISCATAQUIS, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6364NChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780602014779A
- Case key
- 141495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1868 78/6/2 PISCATAQUIS,ME CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE TIME - 1100 N6364N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - B POND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PISCATAQUIS,ME GUILFORD,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 65 170 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED. WIND GUSTING 30 KTS. NO PILOT CERTIFICATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6364N
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- B Pond
N6364NRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · 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 N6364N · 1
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