- Date
- February 11, 1978
- Place
- Newport, ME · NEWPORT, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N11075Champion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780211001609A
- Case key
- 143667
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0180 78/2/11 NEWPORT,ME CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 100 TIME - 1300 N11075 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWPORT SKYPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- TKOF ADJ TO RWY,ABORTED TKOF WHEN ACFT FAILED TO REACH FLYING SPEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11075
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newport Skypark
N11075Registration cancelled Jun 1, 2024 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N11075 · 1
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