- Date
- July 3, 1971
- Place
- Potter Vlly, CA · POTTER VLLY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1896GChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162413
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2662 71/7/3 POTTER VLLY,CALIF CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 121 TIME - 1530 N1896G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAVELLY VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONCORD,CALIF POTTER VLLY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: GO-AROUND GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- APCH HI.PLT SLIPPED ACFT,FRIGHTENED PAX,WHO INADVERTENTLY PRESSED R BRAKE PEDAL ON GO AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1896G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gravelly Valley
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