- Date
- October 10, 1968
- Place
- Livermore, CA · LIVERMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2588FChampion 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107470
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3951 68/10/10 LIVERMORE,CALIF CHAMPION 7EC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N2588F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 678 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT FLEW AT LOW ALT TOWARD RISING MT TERRAIN.FORCED TO LAND IN SMALL CLEARING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2588F
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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