# NTSB OAK68A0068: Champion 7KCAB, N1849G, Angels Camp, CA, May 17, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 17, 1968
- Place: Angels Camp, CA · ANGELS CAMP, CA
- Location: 38.0683° N, 120.5396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Angels Camp, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0683&lon=-120.5396&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 3, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110597
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK68A0068
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68A0068

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4254  68/5/17  NR.ANGELS CAMP,CALIF  CHAMPION 7KCAB      CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 250
        TIME - 1330                    N1849G              PX-  0  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      TOTAL HOURS, 113 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- CRASHED ON SIDE OF MT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1849G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1849G-1968-08-05), registration cancelled 1968-08-05, S/N 80, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7KCAB
- Registry model: [Champion 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (registry code 21101P3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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