- Date
- August 8, 1967
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9548SChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115241
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2821 67/8/8 SAN JOSE,CALIF CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0945 N9548S PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 750 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID-HILLVIEW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- L.MAIN LDG GR PIN USED TO SECURE PISTON TO ACTUATING ROD FAILED IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9548S
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reid-Hillview
N9548SRegistration cancelled Mar 20, 2013 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N9548S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX83FVG10Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportGeorgetown, CAThe acft collided with a mountainside at the 3500 ft level in a 45 degree nose down attitude after colliding with a 30 ft tree during IMC weather on a dark night. There is no record that the plt received a weather briefing. The pilot was not instrument rated…NTSB LAX80DVG53Accident · No injuriesClosedGeorgetown, CANTSB OAK74FVM21Accident · No injuriesClosedSan Jose, CA