- Date
- June 6, 1971
- Place
- Bridgeport, CA · BRIDGEPORT, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N11094Champion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161694
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0923 71/6/6 BRIDGEPORT,CALIF CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 2900 TIME - 1420 N11094 PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEE VINING,CALIF HAYWARD,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT PREV RPRTD TURB OVR MTNS.HIT GND 9500FT LEVEL,BUCKEYE PASS.ACFT RCVRD 6/15/71.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11094
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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