# NTSB OAK68D0134: Champion 7FC, N9869Y, Wendover, NV, June 27, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 27, 1967
- Place: Wendover, NV · WENDOVER, NV
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118509
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK68D0134
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68D0134

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2766  67/6/27    WENDOVER,NEV        CHAMPION 7FC        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 189
        TIME - 0800                    N9869Y              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BUSH-LELAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9869Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9869Y), registered now, S/N 7FC-421, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7FC
- Registry model: [Champion 7FC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7fc) (registry code 21101NX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bush-Leland

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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