- Date
- June 2, 1970
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9558SChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123623
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2317 70/6/2 PALO ALTO,CALIF CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N9558S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 296 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FREMONT,CALIF RETURN PALO ALTO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9558S
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palo Alto
N9558SRegistered now · Champion 7GCAAAirframe modelChampion 7GCAAEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Other investigations on N9558S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.