- Date
- June 26, 1968
- Place
- Pleasanton, CA · PLEASANTON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5178TChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109747
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1870 68/6/26 PLEASANTON,CALIF CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 320 TIME - 0910 N5178T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIVERMORE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CONTROL STICK JAMMED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. PARACHUTE IN REAR SEAT. ACFT TOTALLY DESTROYED,FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5178T
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Livermore
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